Parenting in Times of Uncertainty
Model a flexible mindset & lead with empathy Life isn’t always perfect, and in this season it feels like unexpected changes are happening all the time. Teach your teen about how they can manage their expectations during this season. We all experience uncomfortable emotions This one goes out to all my pre-teens who are figuring […]
Build a Strong Relationship With Your Teen: Respond, Don’t React
“Responding” versus “reacting.” They sound like the same thing, right? These words sit side by side in the thesaurus, so surely they are interchangeable. That might be true at face value, but it is far from true when applied to the relational value these words hold. When it comes to our teens, responding to them […]
Parenting Through Adolescent Emotions
Parenting through the emotions of adolescents can be tough work. I like to think of it as attending a bad musical performance. The nervous singer belts out flat melodies. Guitars are in the wrong key. The piano hits those shrill notes that scrape your eardrums. That’s called musical dissonance or disharmony, and it’s no fun […]