Hopeless to Hopeful
HOPELESS TO HOPEFUL Abandoned lunch boxes sat in lockers for weeks growing all sorts of colorful new lifeforms. Stinky PE clothes festered in the locker rooms. Overdue library books racked
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The Importance of Giving Your Creative Teen a Safe Space to be Uniquely Themselves
by guest blogger, Lindsay Helm, Executive Director & Managing Editor of Teen Creative Magazine As parents, our job is to assist our children in their journey toward their true selves.
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Sexting in the Teen World
Sexting is part of the social media blitz of today’s teen world. How do we help our kids avoid the difficulties associated with it? Not only are more kids sexting,
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Fostering CONFIDENCE and INDEPENDENCE in Your Tween or Teen by Guest Blogger
by guest blogger, Lindsey Wander, Founder & CEO of WorldWise Tutoring With Shelter in Place mandates, our homes also became our families’ offices and schools and we became our children’s
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The Deafening Silence
Your daughter walks in the front door and throws her backpack on the couch and walks into the kitchen foraging for a snack. She slams the refrigerator door and plops
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5 Rules for Parenting During the Pandemic
YOU PROBABLY FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO FIND SUPER POWERS TO GET THROUGH THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. “Normal” life is pretty complicated as a parent. You are taking care of
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Why Doesn’t Your Teen Leave Their Bedroom?
TEENS LOVE THEIR BEDROOMS. She spends tons of time in her room and you might be a bit freaked out by it. What is she doing in there? Why doesn’t
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Let’s Talk About Stress
Mothers of middle-school-aged children reported the highest levels of stress, loneliness, and emptiness, and also the lowest levels of life satisfaction and fulfillment. -Hollee Becker, Parents.com This is a sad
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Building Resilience
RESILIENCE: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. You’ve no doubt heard this term resilience a lot in the media and in parent education books. Everywhere you read about
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Personal Baggage
THERE’S A REASON THEY PUT WHEELS ON SUITCASES. THEY ARE CUMBERSOME AND CAN WEIGH YOU DOWN. As you go through life, you collect things along the way. You have mementos