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 [...]
I once saw this woman on Oprah who could make rooster sounds. She could make a lot of sounds actually. Class clown stuff really. She was good and she had perfected these noises that got her on Oprah. She left the Oprah show and was called by some entertainment show to host celebrity galas. The [...]
“I want to be a musician. I’ve been thinking about my passion and I think I want to be the next Missy Misdemeanor Elliot.” Well, we thought you were going to college. What about school? The moment of truth, when your teen has the guts to tell you they don’t or rather they can’t fulfill [...]
Have you ever asked your teen to stand up straight? Well, there’s another reason to encourage improved posture. Head up, shoulders back and chin up teaches your teen to own their space. They have a tendency to slouch and fall over on themselves which is indicative of someone who has doubt or questions their position [...]
There are few things that take as much courage when you’re a teen than being your true self. The self your teen was born to be despite your dreams for them. As teens mature from infancy to the teen years, they start to know you fairly well. Your likes, your dislikes and your moods are [...]
“Well, I changed my class because that class was hard and I was going to get a ‘B.’ I can’t get a ‘B.’ Me? A ‘B’? I don’t think so. I have never gotten a ‘B’ in my life and I wasn’t about to start with some advanced placement physics class. “ Do you know [...]
Your teen’s graduation day. A day of absolute pride for both you and your teen. Sometimes there’s a big whew! that they are graduating and other times there is such a sense of accomplishment to having squeezed every opportunity out of their high school experience. There are accolades for grades, service, popularity what there is [...]
