Helping to Make Families Fabulous
To know the best way to deal with your teen, it is best to first assess where your teen falls on the Independence and Responsibility Continuum. This is a 4 quadrant system my dad put together and shared with me in our podcast interview. I’m now sharing it with all of you with a little more explanation and a print… Read More
Helping our teens know how to relieve stress is an important discussion in parenting. Tools such as a stress chart can help identify emotions. Stress Relief Ask any teenager, and most of them will tell you they are stressed. For the Beyond Good Intentions parenting podcast episode 89, I spoke to counselor Nicci Bontrager from Joyful Family Counseling and she… Read More
I’m here to declare 2020 the year of the teenager!!! Movements are all over today: March for our Lives, Me Too, and Save the Turtles are just a few recent social movements that are calling for CHANGE for a very important cause. I want to start a global conversation–a new movement, a rally, a campaign– about loving our teens more… Read More
Christmas Cards are my favorite. I love the summary of a year, it’s great for family record keeping. This is the letter I included on our family Christmas postcard this year: The biggest news this year is that Tyler graduated high school (but skipped the ceremony) and began his mission for our church, arriving in the Dominican Republic on October… Read More
Making decisions about teens and dating ahead of time will save some headache in the long run. Parents often don’t think they need to think about teenage dating rules until it happens. But as with most instances, if you don’t decide in advance, you might make a stressed out making last minute decisions. I LOVE teenagers! I’ve been so excited… Read More
