JoAnn Schauf I appreciate you! We share the same passion, love and empathy for our children in the middle. We understand their quirkiness is due to searching for identity, processing the excitements and fears of puberty, and thinking with a brain whose executive...
JoAnn Schauf We all want to be liked, approved of, and feel that we belong. When our children are young they heap love on us, shower us with affection, and accept our beliefs. That all changes in adolescence. Tweens and teens are engineered to seek independence and...
JoAnn Schauf Homework, projects, and carpools are in full swing. Halloween, ushering in the holiday season, is just around the corner. The news is wearing. How can you make the best of it? First, take stock and give yourself credit for the things you’ve done well....
Tween Times It’s complicated talking to your child about sexual consent. At the heart of consent are two people agreeing, giving each other permission, or saying yes to sexual activity with each other. The absence of consent is assault or rape. These are horrific. How...
Tween Times While speaking to an incredible group of parents last week, we talked about the value of empathy.We agreed that expressing empathy isn’t easy. So, with the help of two Moms, we practiced. One read the part of the adolescent and the other, the empathetic...
Tween Times I’ve been mistaken about gratitude. You’d learn, if you were to read my gratitude journal, that I appreciate yellow fall leaves, green traffic lights, and the texture and taste of Nutella. You’d learn that I love hearing children laugh, watching two people...
