Mothers of middle-school-aged children reported the highest levels of stress, loneliness, and emptiness, and also the lowest levels of life satisfaction and fulfillment. -Hollee Becker, Parents.com This is a sad truth. Moms with kids in middle school are experiencing a massive change in their role when it comes to parenting and it is confusing and […]
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HOPELESS TO HOPEFUL Abandoned lunch boxes sat in lockers for weeks growing all sorts of colorful new lifeforms. Stinky PE clothes festered in the locker rooms. Overdue library books racked up the fines. And students wondered when they would roam the crowded halls of their school and see the inside of their classroom again.The world
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by guest blogger, Lindsay Helm, Executive Director & Managing Editor of Teen Creative Magazine As parents, our job is to assist our children in their journey toward their true selves. For some, their creative expression is the most important piece of that puzzle, but it isn’t something that always receives the attention or nourishment it
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Sexting is part of the social media blitz of today’s teen world. How do we help our kids avoid the difficulties associated with it? Not only are more kids sexting, but they are doing it at a younger and younger age. One third of all middle school and high school kids have had some negative
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by guest blogger, Lindsey Wander, Founder & CEO of WorldWise Tutoring With Shelter in Place mandates, our homes also became our families’ offices and schools and we became our children’s primary instructors. For many of us, it was painfully clear that our children are not as self-motivated and self-directed as we hoped. As hybrid/remote learning
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Your daughter walks in the front door and throws her backpack on the couch and walks into the kitchen foraging for a snack. She slams the refrigerator door and plops onto the couch empty handed. You are holding your breath waiting for the right time to say “hi”. You can feel the tension emanating from
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YOU PROBABLY FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO FIND SUPER POWERS TO GET THROUGH THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. “Normal” life is pretty complicated as a parent. You are taking care of yourself AND tending to these pre-adult humans that need you. Usually this time of year you would be buying school supplies, finding out schedules and
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TEENS LOVE THEIR BEDROOMS. She spends tons of time in her room and you might be a bit freaked out by it. What is she doing in there? Why doesn’t she want to spend time with everyone else? Is this normal? HER BEDROOM IS HER SANCTUARY. By definition, a sanctuary is a safe place. When
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Mothers of middle-school-aged children reported the highest levels of stress, loneliness, and emptiness, and also the lowest levels of life satisfaction and fulfillment. -Hollee Becker, Parents.com This is a sad truth. Moms with kids in middle school are experiencing a massive change in their role when it comes to parenting and it is confusing and
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RESILIENCE: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. You’ve no doubt heard this term resilience a lot in the media and in parent education books. Everywhere you read about parenting you hear about resilience and that your kids needs to build it up. But how do you do that? It’s not easy, but it
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