Parenting Consultant: Should You Hire One?
Divorce is an ugly word, but it’s not always a bad thing. When two people cannot live together in a manner conducive to raising happy, healthy kids and being loving, civil partners, divorce is the…
Should You Send Your Kid to Sleepaway Camp?
Growing up, all I wanted to do was go to sleepaway camp. But not just any sleepaway camp. I wanted to go to one where I’d find my long-lost twin sister. We’d spend a week…
20 Suggestions For When Your Grumpy Teenager Doesn’t Want to Talk
No one in a mood wants to talk to anyone else. Plain and simple, leave them alone, let the grumpiness fade, and try again later. This is especially true for teenagers who don’t quite have…
20 Ways to Build Lifelong Confidence in Kids
Our sixth grade daughter is currently writing her Tropicana Speech for her ELA class. Her title? It’s Hard Being the Best One Yes, you read that correctly. She’s writing her speech about being the best…
What Does Parenting from the Inside Out Mean?
“It just occurred to me that my parents had no idea what they’re doing,” I whispered to my husband from the passenger seat of the car. One of the kids asked a question, I didn’t…
Should Your Teenager Be Seeing a Therapist?
A better question is, “Why shouldn’t my teenager see a therapist?” According to the National Alliance on Mental Health’s statistics listed in a Good Therapy article, the number of people living with mental health conditions…
Authoritative vs. Authoritarian Parenting: What’s the Difference?
I’m not a regular mom…I’m a cool mom. Amy Poehler’s character in ‘Mean Girls’ spoke this line, and we’ve all said it a time or two. I said it this weekend to my teenage daughter…
20 Holiday Traditions that Won’t Break the Bank
Do you decorate for Christmas before or after Thanksgiving? And do people really wait until just a few days before Christmas to put up their trees and decorate? I see it all the time in…
What is Power Assertion Parenting and Should You Consider It?
Everything we do as parents affects the way our children feel, and we cannot always predict how they might react to our actions. For example, when I tell any of our three daughters I love…
