Parenting Adolescents

Solutions and suggestions to understand the challenges and issues your adolescent faces. Be inspired and learn more about your role, puberty and the brain. Articles have you in mind and are chosen from popular blogs, the news sources, and writers, like me, who are experts on tweens and teens.

Take Care of Each Other

Take Care of Each Other As I write to you, I wish I had the ...

Meet the Smartest Kid in Class

Identity: UNKNOWN For the annual history trivia contest, students nominated a representative from each of ...

Before We Say Goodbye to 2020!

Before I say goodbye to 2020, I’d like to thank it for teaching me that ...

We Need a Little Christmas!

  We’ve had a year of surprises, learned resilience, and embraced the mindful practice of ...

Happy Thanksgiving

From my office window, I watch giant leaves painted in fall hues float sideways from ...

The Year of Perfect Vision

The Year of Perfect Vision Back in the day, as a school counselor, I wrote ...

4 Approaches to Better Listening

4 Approaches to Better Listening Nothing feels as wonderful as when another human understands our ...

Take Two: The Social Dilemma

Take-Two: The Social Dilemma With all that The Social Dilemma broadcasted, including platforms' backstories and ...

The Horribly High Stakes of Social Media

The Social Dilemma is a Call to Action. I’m not an alarmist, but I want ...

Practice Makes Progress

We all agree that no one wants to suffer or have their child suffer. We ...

How to Ask the Right Questions

“How was your day?” “Fine.” “What did you learn today?” “Nothing.” “Are you finished with ...

The On Ramp to Fall Semester 2020

Uncertainty’s lingered far longer than we expected. I, like you, want a giant slice of ...

Ted Talks – Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure

By Caroline Paul Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, ...

Ted Talks – Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter

By Mark Bezos Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism ...

TED Talks: Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection

Speaker Reshma Saujani We're raising our girls to be perfect, and we're raising our boys ...

Trust Your Gut

Trust your gut We Share This Strength "Mom, the new girl, Lauren, asked me to ...

Sorry, Miss Manners

Sorry, Miss Manners I had to pee when I took my sister's call. The longer ...

Want to Raise Resilient Kids? A Navy SEAL Says Always Do This

by Bill Murphy Jr. Resilience is defined as "the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; ...

The Unplug Challenge

The Unplug Challenge My older daughter and I were sitting on the couch using our ...

Summers Almost Over 2016

Yikes! Summer is Almost Over! Here's the Best Back To School Plan Ever. Returning to ...

Mom Said It’s My Turn

Mom Said It's My Turn Luke and Anna burst into the dining room where their ...