One of the hardest tasks of parenthood, perhaps, is to ward your children against the myriad negative influences and possible harms that may come to them. There are bullies, drugs, and child predators, to name a few. And protecting our kids is not the same task it was for our parents a generation ago; the statistics are different these days, as is the availability to all sorts of products and information that wasn’t there before. Today, the internet …
Prom: How to Make High School Prom Fun On A BudgetIt’s prom season again and sometimes that makes us think of one word: EXPENSIVE! The tux or dress, flowers, tickets, shoes and hair. It all adds up. Here are just a few ideas that can make your child’s prom meal feel like an expensive affair but actually is a little…
Teen Style: How to Dress Trendy and ModestWarm weather is here and so are the new fashions for our teen girls…. Over the past few years it seems like less is more. We can change the trend by teaching our daughters to respect themselves and choose styles that are flattering yet cool and age appropriate. Body
Healthy Eating: How to Teach Teens Healthy Eating HabitsTeaching kids to make healthy eating choices can be tough; just try enticing your teen with a carrot stick or broccoli florets. YUCK and NO WAY! Healthy snacks are not cool. They would rather grab fast food out. So how can we encourage our teens to eat healthy?
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How to Make Our Relationships Better With TeensI am the mother of two fabulous teenagers. Yes… they are fabulous! I love the energy they have and the people they are becoming. I even like the struggles that often present themselves. I feel like I learn from them every day.
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I am also trying to teach them
Support: 8 Tips for Parenting Children With Health and Other Challengesmom • parenting • lifestyle • health-wellness
Let’s go back in time a moment, shall we?
Growing Up With Epilepsy
I’m 14. One day I’m watching an after-school special with my classmates about a kid with Epilepsy…. He has a seizure during a basketball game. Isn’t that funny? We’re laughing. We don’t understand. We all join
Shopping Tips: How To Buy a Car for a Teenagermom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Picking the right car for your teenage son or daughter can be a daunting task. There are many different points to consider, and your teenager may or may not agree with the decisions that you make. However, as the person with more experience with cars…, not to mention experience
Teenagers: Information for Families Struggling With a Child’s Eating Disordermom • education • parenting • ages and stages
Included in a teenager’s hard wiring is the drive toward separation and autonomy, which often means power struggles between them and you. It’s important for you to always keep an open communication between you and your teenager.… For families who have a teenager with an eating disorder, power struggles are
Teenagers: Risks and Myths Associated With Teen Smokingmom • education • parenting • ages and stages
When parents worry about the addictions… their teens might succumb to during high school, chances are drug and alcohol problems are at the top of the list. But it’s important not to forget the risks associated with teen tobacco use. There are major short-term, and long-term, problems that early tobacco
Teenagers: 3 Ways to Help Kids Improve Communication SkillsHow does a mother explain how her tween daughter remembers every detail of an episode of iCarly, but can’t for the life of her recall where the hamper is? What’s really going on with an adolescent who quotes verbatim the whispered conversations of faraway classmates, but insists that she did…
Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
