Parenting Teenagers

This post offers 25 nuggets of motherly wisdom I want to pass along to my teen. My son just turned 18. What’s particularly hard to swallow about this birthday is …

This Post: What Teenagers Really Need From Their Parents When my oldest daughter became a teenager I was completely blindsided. After changing thousands of diapers, handling temper tantrums in the …

When my kids were young, I swear I cared about everything… I cared how many servings of fruit and vegetables they were getting every day, that their bedrooms were always …

This post: 50 reason you just gotta love teenager Teenagers so often get a bad rap. I mean, seriously… every time you read an article, listen to the media or …

This post offers 55 clever ways to get your teenager out of their room. Nearly every parent of teenagers will deal with the struggle at one point or another… how …

This Post – The Power of Solitude: Why Alone Time Could Be the Key to Your Teen’s Well-Being / Post updated 2025 Written By: Nancy Reynolds “My daughter is outgoing, …

  Have your parenting decisions ever been scrutinized or judged by a fellow parent, friend, family member or distant acquaintance? Whether they judge outwardly with a quip remark or behind …

This post is inspired by the many candid conversations I’ve had with teenagers through the years. It also serves as a reminder to me, as a parent, to allow my …

I have awesome kids and I love each and every one of them more than life itself. It’s just that well… they’re teenagers. And, teenagers are sometimes just… kind of …

“My child never seems to follow through with anything. He lacks the determination, motivation and fortitude to see things through to the end and he doesn’t seem willing to fight …