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 [...]
If your teen is in the great position of having a job now is a perfect time to have them start saving their hard earned cash and plan for retirement.
It‘s also a great time to stop supplementing the allowance so they learn how to budget. This is probably one of the most important financial skills [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr
For some teens this is too abstract an idea to understand. This might be especially true for your younger teen. Their brain is still growing in a way that can be stuck in concrete thinking. Concrete thinking [...]
The time before someone is called a teen is tween as in betweenchildhood and teenage years. The more we learn about child development the more we learn that each stage is so distinct and offers a new challenge of social and cognitive growth. The tween stage is particularly hard for parents because they feel since [...]
You’re watching your teen discuss the new interest in their life. You’re struck by the perfection of the other person. You interject a question here and there and what is meant as a gentle reality check provokes shock and disagreement. You secretly hope they don’t get hurt since well, they don’t seem like as good [...]
