Category: Teenagers
What IS #CharlieCharlie? There is a new social media craze, and kids of all ages are trying this one! Check out my attempt to make this work on national TV! Is it dangerous?! George…
Do you read Your Teen Magazine? @YourTeenMag is a fantastic resource for parents and educators of tweens and teens. They asked me to answer this step-mom’s question about her step-son’s addiction to computer games. …
Prom Night Pressure Whatever a teen feels ready for – from how much money to spend and who to hang with to sexual intimacy and drinking – prom night makes everything feel more important….
Your sick day can teach your kids #resilience and #responsibility. Even parents get sick. So how can a Mom or Dad – or grandparent or caregiver – handle it when there are still kids…
Kids and alcohol. Bad combination, right? So how do we teach our kids to abstain when we don’t? What do we do when we take the kids to a ballgame and end up sitting…
We make kids clean their rooms. But do they have to? This is an age-by-age guide for what’s possible, what’s reasonable, and what’s important for kids to learn. If you are raising or caring…
What’s the right answer? Parents, educators, caregivers, youth directors… everyone who works with or raises kids will hear this eventually. When we need to: know a password talk to the parents throwing the party…
Vacation and kids. A friend told me years ago this rule of parenting: “A vacation requires a cocktail, a plane ticket and no children along. Everything else is a trip.” What are you hoping…
Laundry. Very few people love doing laundry, but it has to get done. In our home, when you turn 7 you get a big privilege – your own (supervised) email account – and a…