There are expectations that your teen thinks they’re supposed to meet. They should do this or they should look like that. It can be overwhelming at times. The expectation of what they think they’re supposed to do when they start to develop who they are is what others think of them. Your teen’s sense of [...]
It can feel like you argue over which way the wind is blowing when it comes to your teen. According to them, you don’t know that either. Why must teens fight so hard, so often and so intensely? Why wouldn’t they? Wouldn’t you if you were that curious about what life would be like [...]
You can try and please some of the people some of the time, but you’ll never please all of the people all of the time…even when that person is your parent. There is a belief that just because someone is family or you make them family through marriage that they love you unconditionally. I wish [...]
Be yourself and others will like you, but what if they don’t like it when your teen is being themselves? Be yourself anyway and get a new group of people for God’s sake. Not everyone is going to like you and that’s a good thing. Why? Some people aren’t worth being around and if you struggle [...]
Sometimes you have to make things happen. You can’t just sit around and wait for them to happen. Some people refer to this as hustling. True hustling should be about working hard to make your dreams come true. You do what it takes including work for no pay just to show you’re worth the paycheck, [...]
As you well know I work with teens and well, let me just say that kids aren’t the only ones who say the darndest things. These are the best five things I’ve heard over the past six months! 5. I thought I was already pregnant so I didn’t use birth control the last time I [...]
As your teen develops meaning learns how to do more things, they will figure out they don’t know how to do new things. I use the word development a lot when I write and reference things teens normally do. But if they get too overwhelmed or frustrated, they will have a response, a behavior as [...]
