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No is Not the Answer

Please stop saying 'no' immediately. This may sound bold. Not because we're suddenly saying yes to everything but because a conversation is infinitely better than an instant 'no.' A quick 'no'...

3 Things Your Tween Wishes You Didn’t Do

I have full faith in you and your parenting, yet I want to share what some tweens I met with wished were different. 1) Taking their phone away every time they mess up. They feel it’s your...

Keeping Promises in the Time of Conflict

Your adolescent is angry, and she directs it at you. Before school started last fall, you two agreed that submitting homework on time and holding specific grades in each class would earn her...

The Truth About Failing

Failure sounds and feels like defeat and disappointment. Something that we didn't want to happen happened. Yet, its value lies in how we respond to it. I attended a concert where the singer kept...

Upgrade Your Summer to Easy

Finally, we had a normal school year, and our hopes for a glorious summer soared. For it to go well, I recommend having a collaborative mindset and chatting about summer's expectations with the...

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Happy Thanksgiving

It's appreciation season! Spotting strengths in others is a big deal. We want to be specific, affirming these. Not ...

Your Tween’s Brain

Remember when you were young, looking up at your future - the idea of being “grown-up” enchanted you. It ...

The Worst Kid in Class and Me!

Sitting together on the couch after dinner, Greg, Aiden's dad, channel surfs, and Aiden, a seventh grader, closes his ...

That One Class

Lauren and her 11-year-old son, Jaxon agreed that signing up for band in 6th grade was a great idea ...

3 Tips to Enhance Your Tween’s Success at School

School starts soon, so your child won't be grabbing popsicles from the fridge or binge-watching Stanger Things all day long ...

Simple Ways to Grow Your Tweens’ Strengths

You and I know school requires more than learning the subject matter. At its heart lies a framework for gaining ...

Technology is Here to Stay – So Let’s Embrace it

The tipping point when our adolescent knows more than we do about social media, technology trends, and phones will happen ...

4 ways to Boost Your Mental Health

Now that we can talk about mental health without shame or stigma, it’s time to build ours. Our social and ...

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