Parenting Teens and Tweens
Why Parents Should Worry About Their Teens Sleeping with Smartphones
This is a contributed post from Safe Sleeve, a provider of anti-radiation cases for cell phones. In a digital era dominated by smartphones, teenagers and their devices often seem inseparable. As parents, it’s crucial to understand the potential impact of this close relationship, particularly when…
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How to Make College Your Superpower
This is a contributed piece from Anna Esaki-Smith, author of Make College Your Superpower: It’s Not Where You Go, It’s What You Know. When my older son was applying to university, I went the whole nine yards to make sure he got every advantage. He…
Your 18-Year-Old is Now a Legal Adult—Here’s What Changes
Parenting a teenager is a constant state of change. These not-quite-adults in adult-like bodies are flooded with hormones and their brains are in an almost constant state of development. They vacillate between acting fully independent and confident and appearing hopelessly incompetent. This sometimes can make…
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CHANGING THE COLLEGE CONVERSATION
There is no ONE path to success when it comes to the choices our teens make post-high school. The college admission process is out of control and so are the costs to attend college. It’s time to start changing the college conversation. There needs to be less focus on rankings and we all need to start questioning what we are doing to the mental health of our teens with the demands being placed on them to get into their dream colleges. Instead, parents talk to their teens about how to fulfill their dreams – so they can not just survive but thrive in this challenging and ever-changing world.
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PARENTING TEENS TIPS
What do you do when your teen daughter no longer wants to be seen with you? Or when your chatterbox son starts responding only in grunts and sighs? Even if some of these teen stereotypes don’t happen in your house, chances are your relationship with your adolescent is changing. The good news is while parenting teens is hard, you don’t have to do it alone. Here are a few of our favorite parenting teens tips to develop a strong connection with your big kid.