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
Handling A Teen Meltdown
TEENS ARE DESIGNED TO HAVE MELTDOWNS FROM TIME TO TIME. Not only do they have a lot on their plate, but they also have an enlarged amygdala which is all
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Chronic Stress: It Ain’t Good
BLORFT: completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum -Tiny Fey, Bossypants When my daughter was in 7th
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The Power of Listening
Being listened to, enlivens us and inspires opportunities to explore what we think, how we feel, what we want, who we are and who we’re becoming. It is an experience
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Why Do Teens Lie
IF SHE WOULD TELL THE TRUTH, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER. This is such a true statement but, like it or not, your daughter is going to lie to
The Emerging Butterfly
WHEN YOU ARE INTENSELY CONNECTED EMOTIONALLY, YOUR DAUGHTER’S EMOTIONS ARE STIFLED. To breathe, she must push you away. To spread her wings, she must push you away. To grow, she
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Importance of Financial Literacy for Teens [guest blogger]
[Vineel Bhat is a freshman at Eastlake High School. He’s running a 10-week virtual investing course for teens.] America has the second highest median income per adult, but ranks 21st
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Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus
In a few years, the coronavirus outbreak will be a story that we will all tell… Remember the coronavirus? Remember how people were quarantined? And the schools shut down? And
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Ignite Learning
There’s this thing going around. You might have heard of it. It’s called the coronavirus AKA COVID-19. Restaurants, theaters, malls, and even schools have shut down around the world. While