parenting teenagers

This post: 7 Things to Stop Expecting from Your Teen I’ve always been a firm believer that teenagers are capable of far more than we often give them credit. Teenagers …

This post: 10 Triggers that Are Setting Your Teen Off Big Time (This post contains an affiliate link. For more information, visit our Disclosure Page) Living with teenagers can sometimes …

This post: Things teenagers wish they could say to their parents  Teenagers are notorious for being tight-lipped. As much as we’d love for them to open up to us and …

This post: Signs you’re parenting your teen right The beauty of raising our kids is that there really isn’t a “right” or “wrong” way to parent them. What works for …

Shoulder-to-Shoulder Parenting: Why It’s the Best Way to Parent Teenagers Years ago when my three kids were still playing dress-up and rolling Tonka trucks across my kitchen floor, I struck …

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 …

  My daughter’s symptoms appeared out of nowhere. Without warning, she started experiencing dizziness, loss of peripheral vision, numbness in her hands and feet, and fainting spells. What was confusing, …

The older my children get, the more I rely on them for advice. Sounds crazy, right? Why on earth would I seek insight and advice from someone who clearly lacks …

This post: 15 Things Kids Should Know to Prepare Them for College The summer before my oldest daughter left for college, I was in a full-blown panic.  In a few …

This post: 10  (Totally Subjective) Tips for Raising Well-Adjusted Teenagers ( Updated 5/23) Raising teenagers is hard.  What makes it particularly challenging is the fact that the environment in which …