How to help your teen stay emotionally healthy this school year
Many students are back in school, and let’s admit it — this can be a nice change. Having to navigate work while helping them with virtual school was one of …
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Is your teen spending too much time on social media?
Many teens love to scroll endlessly on social media. And hey, I can’t blame them — so do I. The pretty pictures, the life updates from friends, the pop culture …
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My teenager came out as nonbinary, and this was the hardest part.
When my firstborn told us a few months ago that they were nonbinary, their dad and I were a bit surprised, but not really. They have struggled for the past …
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Guiding your teen on applying for college
Fall is here, and for thousands of parents that means the stressful season of helping their child navigate college applications is beginning. But before you even start the applications your …
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Dead Names and Gender Changes: Navigating New Parental Waters
“Can you stop using my dead name?” This request from my daughter came as a bit of a shock. She’d already started using a nickname instead of her actual one, …
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Can we finally get rid of standardized testing?
Schools are starting back up, and parents are worrying about everything we normally worry about in this day and age—homework, eating, sleeping, study help, school shootings, and their health. Here …
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Advice for parents who have teens applying for college
Applying to college can be an extremely stressful occasion for both parents and their kids. Countless essays are written, tests taken, options considered, and it all culminates when a life-changing …
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How to help with social anxiety in teens
Imagine your teen being terrified to make friends or talk to a restaurant server because they constantly worry about being laughed at. And imagine the hopelessness and loneliness they’d feel …
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Here’s the latest thing you need to worry about if you have a teenager online
Here’s the latest thing you need to be aware of online if you have teenagers By Ashley Broadwater As a parent, you may worry about your teen’s social media use. …
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How do you handle your newly adult children in your home?
When I graduated high school in the early ‘90s I could smell the freedom. I was headed off to college in the fall (three states away!) and I couldn’t wait …
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Unravelling the mysteries of bad teenage diets
When we transitioned my kid to baby food, everyone told me, “Give her the peas before the peaches. If you give them fruit first, they’ll never eat the veggies.” I …
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When your first born leaves home
I cried yesterday: a long, ugly cry. I’m normally a tear shedder when I’m upset, but this caught me a little off guard because I thought I had it together. …
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Why you should let teens pick your music in the car
Thanks to the glories of modern technology, music-in-the-car life is no longer like that scene at the beginning of Defending Your Life. Do you remember that one? Albert Brooks fumbles …
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Say What??? Teen slang decoded
A little over a year ago we did a story on how to understand what teens are saying when they actually talk to you (or perhaps more accurately, when they …
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How to improve your relationship with your teen
As parents, we watch our little babies grow to toddlers, then children. They walk, talk, feed themselves, giggle and show us the best of humanity. And then they become teenagers. …
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