Okay readers! I need your input. I have two daughters who are 3 years apart in age. From the time they wake up until the time they call it a day it seems like they are constantly bickering with each other. I have resorted to no-fault punishment meaning that I don’t care who started it, […]
My oldest child is entering Middle School this fall, and as much as I truly want to believe that my kids will never try drugs, skip school or become sexually active too early, you just never know. I know quite a few families who I feel did a great job being involved with their kids […]
I remember the first day of school for my son in grades Pre-K all the way through 3rd grade. Inevitably, that first day was always full of tears. Not full of tears getting ready, or actually getting to school, but it happened in the classroom - the first time the teacher asked him to write […]
What would the teen years be without all those mood swings? My guess is, boring.
A team of scientist from the State University of New York have identified the hormone THP that causes the mood swings in adolescents. While this hormone has a calming effect for adults, it creates anxiety in teens. Having identified the hormone, […]
We all hope for our children to grow up to be happy, healthy young adults, but despite our best intentions, there are no guarantees. As your child goes from the tween years to the teen years, can you detect signs of a troubled child early on?
At SuperNannyRules, Gayla posted a very helpful list of signs […]
This week’s edition of Newsweek magazine features a very interesting (and long) article called “Girls Gone Wild: What Are Celebs Teaching Kids?”
Every generation has had it’s share of rebels, scandalous behavior and the ensuing cries of outrage, but are Lindsay, Paris and Nicole taking it too far? Better yet, are our kids buying it?
My daughters […]
“To answer this question, I went to the parents of the most confident kids I know. I asked if they had a secret formula. All the parents agreed that while parents (or aunts) can’t give their children self-confidence, they can create opportunities that can. ”
Go and take a look at the list. It makes a […]
My husband and I were talking about it this morning. The kids on our street are not even allowed to walk to the bus stop on their own. The parents in our neighborhood pile the kids into the car and drive them the one block and then sit there with the car idling, until the […]
Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.
Aristotle
Oh, you can certainly say that again. […]
“I thought being the mother of a teenager was going to be sheer hell. Now that I’m here, however (my daughter, Sophie, is sweet 16), I can report that, yes, it is hard, but not in the ways that I had feared.
Just when she’s about to push me past the brink of my admittedly shallow […]
Parenting Tweens & Teens. Been there, done that.
Written by Charlene Polanosky , and Christine Young for b5media.
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