Posts Tagged: Teens

September 26, 2022
Parenting Tips on Teen Dating – Part One

One of the more daunting things about parenting as your child heads into the teen phase is dating. It’s naturally unnerving as you […]

May 1, 2022
Anxiety Is Really Tricky – Especially for Teens

Since May is Mental Health Awareness, let’s talk a little more about anxiety. Specifically, anxiety in teens. A lot of teens present in […]

February 17, 2022
Social Media and Its Role on Children and Adolescents

By Kasey Cain, Licensed Professional Counselor Social media and relationships is a hot topic. As someone who didn’t get her first email address […]

January 30, 2019
Mindfulness for older children and teens

  Finishing up our series from the New York Times on mindfulness with talk about older children and teens. Whenever we mention mindfulness […]

February 14, 2018
Parenting and Gender Identity Continued

Photo by Brigitte Tohm on Unsplash   We wrote last week about teens (and pre-teens) expressing curiosity about gender differences, and non-traditional approaches […]

May 17, 2017
Steps Your Teen Can Take to Reduce Chronic Anxiety

Parents know being a teenager can be stressful and anxiety-provoking. There is a barrage of tests, social pressures, and people constantly nagging teens […]

January 18, 2017
Parenting A Teenager Made Easier

Having just spent 10 days during the holidays among the smelly socks, empty food boxes, video game smack-downs, hair cut refusals, bottomless pit […]

April 20, 2016
The Four Agreements for Middle School Girls – Part 3

By Guest Contributor – Christina Henderson Welcome to part 3 of my 4 part series breaking down The Four Agreements for middle school […]

April 13, 2016
The Four Agreements for Middle School Girls – Part 2

By Guest Contributor – Christina Henderson Last week I started a four part series applying the principles of The Four Agreements to middle school […]

March 23, 2016
Making Mistakes…and learning from them!

#AskAmy “Our 19-year-old son had a text conversation with a girl the other night.  This girl is someone he has gone out with […]

January 20, 2016
Screen Time – A Dream or A Nightmare?

Lead by Example The saying, “Do what I say, not what I do!” is BALONEY!  Our kids are watching our every move so, […]