The Three Fights Every Parent Has With Their Kid and How to Stop Them by Vanessa Van Petten When I was 16 I thought it was my Dad’s goal in life to make me miserable. I was convinced that he had a running list of all the ways he could embarrass me in front of…
Category Archives: B. Family – Tweens/Teens
How to Keep Talking to Your Tween
I love, love, love the fact that Rosalind Wiseman reminds us that we matter to our tweens! Sometimes it’s easy to forget that when all they talk about is what their friends think — it seems that the only opinions that are those of their peers. I’m just starting down this road with my nine-year…
How Not to “Sweat It!”
All you moms of tweens and teens will appreciate this: I had the chance to talk to Rosalind Wiseman, my Twitter friend and also author of Queen Bees and Wannabees. She visited with several moms about how they talk to their tweens about… (no, not about sex)… about sweat! Yup, that birds and bees conversation…
How to Start Talking Birds & Bees
I pulled this video because, one, my girlfriends and I, all mother’s of ten year old girls, were JUST talking about this over lunch the other day. We were all in different places as far as having had “the talk” but agreed it was time if one hadn’t begun to share about this important subject…
How Achievement is Stressing our Kids
On the movie “Race to Nowhere”: As parents, let’s remind ourselves to avoid OVER-SCHEDULING. Less is more.
How to Trust Your Gut
How do we teach our kids how to pay attention to their gut instincts? Expert Mommy and author, Carrie Silver-Stock shares some great tips with us from her book, Secrets Girls Keep. Personally, I loved the fact that Carrie organizes her book in such a way that highlights seven powerful tools for tween and teen…
How Do You and Your Kids Deal with Conflict?
Does your child use his or her “big voice” with you? And if so, how do you respond? In this video Zen Mommy and Practical Mommy talk about…
How to Take Care of Your Braces
It’s tough to keep those pearly whites clean and healthy when you have a mouth full of “appliances!” But obviously, you and your child are both investing in great looking and working teeth so tune in to Dr. Jackie Demko of Demko Orthodontics who shares some really helpful tips.
How to Manage Relationships, Online and Offline
Like it or not, your kids are getting online. And they are likely to be more versed on making “friends” than we are. At some point, they’ll get a weird message or get unfriended. *gasp* So how are we going to guide them in the world of Club Penguin and Pixie Hollow? Youthologist, Vanessa Van…
How to Teach Your Kids About Internet Safety
This may sound incredibly hypocritical but I’ve been totally balking on providing internet access to my kids. We don’t have any WebKins. No Club Penguin. In fact, I make it a point to tuck my laptop away when they are not around. They hardly even see me on the computer. I’m not necessarily sure why……
