“My Dad Rocks!” I saw this on a toddler’s T-shirt. Let’s face it to toddlers you don’t have to do too much to rock. This is a good thing. When your toddler is a teen, the bar gets raised a bit higher. This weekend is father’s day and everyone celebrates differently. There are going to [...]
He was grounded the entire summer because he lied about going to the movies and hanging out with just boys. There were girls there too. I agree that lying should not be allowed, but the whole summer? What will happen when he lies about something more serious? At some point, your teen is going to [...]
Parents don’t like being shut out of their teen’s lives. They tell their teens they want to know what’s going on. They tell me they want to know what’s going on. There are terrible stories of parents invading their teen’s private things for no reason other than being nosey. I’m always trying to figure out [...]
Expecting a lot of your teen is a great way to let them know you think they are capable of great things. Meeting these expectations can instill pride and confidence, but make the expectations too high, change the rules too much, or criticize them when they do not meet expectations and you can damage your [...]
Each of us has a goal in life even if it is just getting to work on time. The journey is filled with moments of excitement knowing that with each step you are one step closer to your destination, but the frustration of a car breaking down or an accident on the road can make [...]
A Mom told me she woke up and just knew her daughter was pregnant. In one morning she instinctively knew that her daughter was pregnant and so knew her daughter was having sex. I wish she had this instinct when her daughter first began having sex, or before that when something was not right about [...]
This summer will have difficult employment challenges. The recession has affected the job market for parents, but it does not stop there teen unemployment is also going to be at an all time high this summer. And this begs the question, what are these teens going to do with all of that time? Having cash [...]
