I have had some conversations recently about how challenging it is to raise teenagers. Another layer to the challenge is when parents are raising teenagers in separate households. Co-parenting teenagers presents a completely different set of challenges than children of other ages. The Unapologetic Art of Effectively Co-Parenting Teenagers In this article: Present a … [Read more...]
Are You Guilty of Letting Technology Raise Your Kids? You’ll Want to Read This
Let’s be real. What parent hasn’t left their children to entertain themselves down an endless rabbit hole of YouTube videos. I’m not proud to admit it, but even as I write this, my child is visiting with Auntie Siri, her favorite babysitter. “Mommy just needs to finish working real quick, so go back to the Disney app, and no more watching WorldStar fights, okay, … [Read more...]
5 Things We Tell Our Teenage Daughter about Life
We have a sixteen year old daughter and we make sure we install certain values within her. Some values are biblical and some are common sense things we want her to remember so she will be prepared as a woman. Listed are the top five things we tell her. 1. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. We want her to know that she is beautiful. We tell her that so she won’t fall in … [Read more...]
Why It’s So Important to Listen to Your Children
"Listen earnestly to anything [your children] want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff." ~Catherine Wallace I saw this quote on Pinterest a few days ago and later on Facebook. There hasn't been a day that … [Read more...]
Safe Haven Nebraska: Cambpell Brown
CNN's Campbell Brown talks about Nebraska's safe haven law that we highlighted yesterday. Check out this video it's pretty interesting and gives more details on some of the parents who have dropped off their kids. Embedded video from <a href="https://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="https://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a> … [Read more...]