Parenting Teens and Tweens
5 Tips To Keep College Kids Safe As They Learn How To Adult For The First Time
Many of us worry when we send our kids off to college. Did we prepare them enough? Will they make good choices? Will they be safe? Then we get a message from our college kid: “Do you need to put those pods in the washing…
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No One Talked to Me About Dating When I Was a Teen, So I’m Doing Better for My Daughter
Growing up as a teen in the 90s was the absolute best. I wouldn’t trade those years for anything. The untethered freedom to make mistakes with no chance of it ending up on the internet (a new weird thing back then that involved horrible screeching…
Three Simple Tasks You Should Transition to Your Teens Today
Whitney Fleming is the author of You’re Not a Failure: My Teen Doesn’t Like Me Either and the co-owner of Parenting Teens & Tweens. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center last year, parents’ number one desire is for their children to become…
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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.