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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...

Mother’s Day Love to You

  I know you will enjoy the brunches, dinners, accolades, gifts, and flowers that honor you and your motherhood today. You deserve them for your selfless sacrifice and love. It’s lovely for you to...
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What I Learned From Ted Lasso

If you have not streamed the best new show ever on TV, please consider moving it to the top of ...

It’s Not Your Fault

When tweens shift their attention from their parents to their peers, parents frequently feel disconnected, ignored, and rejected. Tweens confide ...

We’re Raising Problem Solvers

When we notice the trash can is not on the curb, and it’s our child’s responsibility to get it there, ...

Life is Fragile

We live our lives with the best intentions to honor ourselves as well as those we care about and love. At ...

Get it Done: Don’t Let Your Mojo Slip

Life’s unpredictability in this third decade of the 21 century requires that our mojo, grit, and determination keep us motivated ...

6 Things Your Tween Needs from You as School Starts

Tweens lives are wonky as they are no longer children, and years away from adulthood. Their moodiness and unpredictableness confuses ...

How to Help Your Adolescent Set Goals

Setting goals with your adolescent can be tricky. Over-laying your goals on them and expecting them to acquiesce is not ...

How to Make Friends

After more than a year of fluctuating learning locations teachers, counselors, and administrators welcome students into classrooms this fall!  Some ...

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