Who’s the best teacher? Mom? Dad? A teacher or coach? Sure, to some degree they’re all great teachers, but hands down there’s nothing like experience.
They say experience is the best teacher and that’s for a reason…many teens aren’t going to listen to an authority figure. Yes, they’re a little more open when there’re serious [...]
There’s a heavy price for tryin’ to be Joe or Jane Popular. It frequently hits the most in a transition year. Ya know, starting middle school or high school or even college. Why, you ask…
Why, because it’s really hard to walk into a new situation and know no one. The desire to fit in [...]
You didn’t realize this, but you signed a contract when you decided to have your teen all those years ago. Just in case you missed it because you were so blissfully happy they were born healthy and smelled of baby smell, I have cut and paste it here for you to read carefully now that [...]
School will start before you know it and for freshman in high school one of the big deterrents to doing well their first year in high school is socializing.
The transition from middle to high school can really make a teen nervous even if they’re walking on campus the first day knowing friends they had in [...]
There’s a point at which your teen will stop asking, “Can I go outside and play?” and they will ask instead, “Can I go out?”
There is little concern about asking to go out and play. There is all the fun of a preteen and nothing of the mischievousness of a teen. This is an [...]
We talked about your teen’s tone, but your teen notices you have a tone as well. It’s that tone that can change the mood of a conversation in seconds.
Your teen tries to apologize for something they did and that is already difficult, but they muster up the courage then they hear your tone. There was [...]
Your teen may have wanted even needed your help for something. They asked, but it was in their own way and you didn’t understand what they were asking, but they know they asked. They also know you weren’t there for them.
What you will experience is your teen’s anger that you did not pick up on [...]
