Back-to-School Shopping
👚Your kid has grown an inch or two, the stains are too big to ignore, or her style has miraculously changed over the summer. That means it’s time to go […]
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Social Skills
5 BENEFITS OF TEEN VOLUNTEERING
“Giving is better than receiving.” This is what my daughter said when asked what she learns from volunteering. We have heard this often from people like Oprah and from our
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Teaching Teens to Speak Up For Themselves
Schools, parents, and counselors all drill it in to teens to speak up when someone is bullying them. However, we as parents and as a society forget to teach our
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The Teenage Magnifying Glass
When I woke up on a clear day in October, the day ahead of me looked promising. That lasted until I looked in a mirror and noticed a red dot
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Who is She? Identity Formation
Middle school is when your child’s young adult identity is under construction and slowly emerges. According to Erickson, a Developmental Psychologist, in 6th grade your child is still grappling with
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Friendship Fallacies: 3 Things to NOT Teach your Daughter
#1 : You MUST like everyone. Our daughters are taught from a young age that they need to like everyone in their class, their after-school care, or their Girl Scout
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The Year of Equanimity in Education? (guest blogger)
Guest blogger, Jillian Smart M.Ed. of Jackson Education Support. The beginning of each new year prompts many of us to reflect on trials and triumphs of previous years. Maybe you
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ARE WE HYPOCRITICAL ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA?
There’s a new social media challenge swirling around. It’s called “how hard did aging hit you”. In case you haven’t heard, the premise is to post a picture of yourself
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ACTIVELY JUDGING
Being judgmental is something that comes quite naturally to parents. After all, it’s supposedly your job to look for what your child is doing wrong and correct her. Judging, though,
“YEAH, BUT” REBUTTAL
“Yeah, but” is basically a way to acknowledge that you know that were talking about something but the content didn’t’ really matter. Rather than “Yeah, but” try “It’s interesting you
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