Avoid the Summer Slide: Sneak in Some Learning!
It's summer, time for a break and a recharge, but summer can be hard for parents—kids are home and want to be entertained. How do you avoid the dreaded summer slide?
Six Secrets to Surviving Senior Year
Your child's senior year is not only a year of to-do's, tasks and applications to finish, it is also a bit of an emotional roller coaster.
7 Great Ways For Your Teen to Relieve Stress
Anxiety, stress, and depression are normal and valid feelings in today’s landscape. How can we help our teens to reduce stress and conflict?
Top 10 Risky Behaviors of Teen Drivers
Reality sets in when your kid slides behind the wheel. Having a teen driver can turn a laid-back parent into a hand-wringing, nail-biting nervous nelly.
Navigating The Summer Before College
If your daughter is heading to college next fall, you're probably in the same place I was last year. It was my daughter's last summer before college.
Calming College Admission Anxiety
College applications are pretty much finished and submitted. Now the waiting starts—the agonizing waiting to hear did your teen get in or not?
New Year, New Approach to Resolutions
Today, I am thinking about new ways to think about resolutions. Maybe it will be how I approach each day.
Learning to Deal with Teen Anger
Anger is a typical, healthy emotional response to outside stressors. How do we help our teens feel anger without going overboard?