Will they EVER move out?
Being a parent of a young adult isn’t always easy, especially if they moved out to go to college, now they’re back and you don’t see any movement to get out on their own. How do we get them to [...]
Being a parent of a young adult isn’t always easy, especially if they moved out to go to college, now they’re back and you don’t see any movement to get out on their own. How do we get them to [...]
I'll be honest, I'm not a reader. While I do read more now as an adult, I hated to read when I was a teen. But if there was something I was really interested in, that changed everything. I'd consume [...]
It can be easy to do. Our teens act like they’re self-sustaining. They don’t say much when they’re home, but did you ever think they’re saying things like fifteen-year-old Elizabeth? “My parents sometimes give some extra time to my younger [...]
My two cents, life isn’t fair! But thirteen year old Hannah is irritated “that my brothers who are younger than me have the exact same bed time that I do. I am older and sometimes do homework or when we [...]
The opioid crisis is out of control. More than 72-thousand people died from drug overdoses in 2017. Even young people. If you have a drug addict teen or young adult in your house my heart goes out to you. You’re [...]
I wasn’t the best kid. As a teen, I sowed my wild oats. I never abandoned my faith, I just did STUPID things. Sinful things. I regret it. As a young parent I would ask hard questions of my kids [...]
A friend of mine was sharing with me not too long ago. He was talking about his teen son who wasn’t treating him very well. Then he proceeded to tell me about some of the things he was doing. Feeling a little [...]
What have we done? We’ve created a connected generation. According to Common Sense Media, of teens who have smartphones, they’re spending a little more than 4.5 hours on their phones every day.1 That’s 4-plus hours a day that they’re not [...]
An anonymous parent wrote to me a few weeks ago. She said every time she picks up her daughter from work or school, her daughter would complain about her job, coworkers, or even her friends at school. It was a constant [...]
Wow, your kids watch the news? I can’t get my 18-year-old to watch it very often. Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram are common distribution points for kids. I’ve been a journalist since 1983. EVERY journalist is biased. In times past, the [...]