Have you ever watched your child do something wildly basic, like put an empty milk carton back in the fridge, and wonder, “Is this what X years of parenting toil has resulted…
Tag: resilience
You can see teen heartbreak all over them. The puffy eyes; the dramatic sighing; the obsessive phone-checking; the lying in bed staring at the ceiling while Tay Tay plays on repeat. They’ve…
How’s this for awkward: I had to move schools in year 10. Kindergarten was the last time I had gone to a new place without knowing a single soul. Let me tell…
It’s true, we don’t track our kids. There’s no GPS attached to their phones. We don’t use apps that pinpoint their location or limit their phone use or block certain sites. There…
There’s a resilience crisis brewing and our kids are in the thick of it. Change is an expected part of modern life and the ability to cope with it an important aspect…
It can be super hard for teens to feel awesome about themselves. The teen years are fraught with angst as kids struggle to be accepted and find their place amongst their friends…