Browsing: Parenting

My mom had it easy. I attended high school during the early 1980s. Remember fashion back then? The preppy look.…

Every day our children are confronted with moral dilemmas that require their hearts and minds work together to solve a…

My 17-year-old daughter, Amanda, keeps me on track when it comes to our daily schedule. She knows when we should…

Have you ever encountered a child with obsessive compulsive disorder? Bobby (a fictional character) is typical. His day is governed…

Watching my teenage daughter and her friends as they navigate the world of changing bodies, fluctuating hormones, short tempers and…

A parent’s biggest job is to take care of his or her children. There are a lot of responsibilities: providing…

Children need to play—for social, physical and emotional development, and for mental health. As a matter of fact, play is…

With a half-dozen two-by-four Lego bricks, a child literally has millions of different creations at his or her fingertips. A…

Anyone who has seen a teenage boy eat knows they are voracious. Inactive teen boys from ages 14 to 18…

That shelf of books on mean girls and childhood friendships? I read them all and still screwed up. For years,…