Summer is rapidly approaching, and for some parents, the battle is just beginning. What's the struggle? Summer plans. Why is it a battle? Because you want your teen to do something this summer and s/he doesn't want to do anything. But what if...
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Many points of childhood are happy and innocent. But childhood is also confusing, and even more so in the teen years. None of us get through childhood OR parenthood unscathed. At some point, even if you do everything “right,” it will be...
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It’s Spring which means that before you know it, you’ll be at the bus stop sending your kid off to camp for the first time for what is sure to be the time of his or her life! She’s watched the welcome...
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Competitive parenting is a relatively new sport where all players seem to lose something. Kids lose their childhoods and parents lose their perspective. This recent college-admission scandal is an extreme example of modern parenting. Even if we aren't morally or financially suited...
Read MoreWhen I talk to parents, I share a list of ideal behaviors and attributes that they might want for their kids. The list is long and filled with both the practical and the lofty. Practically, they want them to clean up, to...
Read MoreFor the most part, high school freshman are immature. Very few 14 year olds know how to be their own advocates. They haven’t yet developed the confidence to speak their needs, and many don’t even know what those needs are. To help...
Read MoreCan you be a teen expert without having teens? Full disclosure: I don’t have teens and I consider myself a teen expert. I've spent 15 years working with teens exclusively. I bring them further along and into a better version of themselves. I...
Read MoreStarting middle school is a big deal. It can be exciting, but the words "middle school" send many females down memory lane to a time that was awkward or painful. Going from elementary school to middle school can range from okayish to...
Read MoreMiddle school can be a brutal time socially for all the reasons we remember: cliques and social conformity. The cool kids and the not cool ones. Bullies. The only thing worse than middle school as it was: the addition of Instagram and Snapchat,...
Read MoreWhat I Learned From My Students With Learning Disabilities: 8 Ways To Rock It At School It’s common for parents to say something like, “I know he is capable, he just isn’t trying.” But what about the kids who have real, documented learning disabilities? For...
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