Families with teens are BUSY! Between school, homework, part-time jobs, dates, time with friends, and extracurricular activities, adolescents are always on the go. Sometimes it’s hard to coordinate parents and teens to be in the house together for more than a few minutes! Since our families are so busy, many of us understandably turn to eating out at restaurants and
Read moreConfidence or self-esteem is how your child feels about himself and his abilities. These feelings develop as your child interacts with you and others. A child with a healthy self-esteem values himself as a person, trusts his feeling and abilities, and is able to work toward his goals. Confident people rationally believe they are capable of doing things well and
Read moreHappiness often has its roots in a person’s sense of gratitude. A grateful person is generally a more pleasant person to be with than someone who is bitter. There are many reasons why gratitude is a trait we want to encourage in our children, including the fact that grateful children are more enjoyable to raise. Although we cannot demand teenagers
Read moreRecall your favorite childhood memories, and many of them probably stem from a tradition your family held every year or on occasion. Traditions are customs that are maintained in generally the same way each time they are performed. That could mean going to the same place at the same time each year, or performing an activity together in the same
Read moreAs parents, we often hear from “parenting experts” that we should be using “positive parenting.” If you have a teenager at home, you have probably thought, “Yeah, right. You come over and try to be positive will the mood-swinging, eye-rolling, rebellious creature living in my home.” But there is new information out that may encourage us to do just that.
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