What Your Teenager Wishes You Knew
Welcome to Part 1 of this series around the signs preceding violence. My hope you will take these seriously while still living a relaxed, joyful life. When we do that we are able to see what is amiss much more easily that we would as if we were on guard all the time! Since […]
I REALLY DISLIKE DISRESPECTFUL PEOPLE! My girls say I’m a nazi about respect. That might not be PC, but let’s not get stuck on that. LOL I’m going to repeat what I said in a previous post about this: DISRESPECT I’m going to address this part to the parents first. I can’t tell you how […]
SABOTAGE! Sometimes we are our own worst enemy….and sometimes we can be our kids worst enemy. We sabotage their success and our relationship with them. How do we do that? And…does that offend you when I say that? I get you. I really do. We as parents try so hard to do all the right […]
Making the transition from parenting kids who live in our house to parenting them when their adults, well, it really doesn’t work out too well if you don’t have a strong relationship with them in the first place. To make things even more interesting is to add a blended family on top of that! […]
Have you ever thought you are doing a great job dealing with people in pubic only to realize your children are embarrassed to be around you? Have you ever acted in a way in public that you thought was the right thing only to notice your children are awfully quiet? Mom’s, unfortunately, seem to be […]
I want to make it perfectly clear I am NOT a mental health professional. This comes strictly from my experience with my clients and even a few friends over the years. If you have child struggling with an eating disorder it can be a very scary time. The sooner you catch it […]
If there is anything I hate, it’s people being sexually disgusting to someone. It’s inappropriate. It’s uncalled for. It’s beyond deplorable. It will get you fired as an adult….and like I said before…it’s disgusting. So…. If you are one of those people who ask other girls or guys for sexual favors…let’s just put it that […]
Mouthiness and rudeness I want to go on record before we really get into this is: “I hate disrespect, mouthiness, rudeness, etc. I will not tolerate it from my kids….from, well…anyone, myself included.” How can we use the mouthiness? Underneath a mouthy person is most likely a feeling of injustice, but at the end […]