Tag: Teenagers
Keeping Kids of All Ages Busy When Working from Home
Quarantine time with children at home can be demanding and challenging. Working from home, parents find themselves juggling their work demands and their children’s...
Wellness Wednesdays with Heather :: Setting New Year’s Resolutions and Goals...
Heather earned her MS in Health Sciences at The University of Memphis, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and currently works at Hutchison School...
A Letter to My Daughter’s Middle School Teachers
Dear Teacher(s),
Thank you for loving my child so well.
Middle school can be tough. Physical changes collide with hormonal and internal changes. Attitudes erupt like...
Uncomfortable, Necessary Conversations :: How to Talk to your Kids about...
Yesterday, it happened. We got a call that we neither expected, nor were prepared for.
One of my son's friends survived a suicide attempt. For the...
How my Husband is Teaching our Son to be a Man
Each year as various holidays roll around, my husband, Michael, has this thing he says: "Every day is _______ (insert holiday here). This day...
My Teen has an Addiction
Often, when we hear battle stories from other parents, we think to ourselves, "Oh, my kid would never..!" Yet our kids easily fall prey...
Teenagers
When my kids were little, there were more seasoned moms that would say, "Oh, you think it is hard now, just wait until they...
I Think I’m A Good Parent
I think I'm doing a good job at this parenting thing. I don't like to toot my own horn because, well, what if after...
Social Media and My Teenagers
Raising children can be tough. As parents we do our best to instill proper values while at the same time letting them have room...
Lessons My Children Have Taught Me
When we bring children into this world, our job is to teach, nurture, guide and love them. I’ve been at this job called motherhood...