There are many reasons why you may not have a spouse who’s on the same page as you, parenting-wise. Our parenting philosophies tend to stem from the way we were parented ourselves. So you might be the strict parent, who consistently enforces rules and consequences, while your husband is the laid-back type who throws those rules out the window. Or he might be more distant, and you’re the affectionate, warm,
When Amy Chua released her controversial memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, parents around the country were outraged. The mother of two teenage daughters (now both Harvard graduates), Chua described her no-nonsense, super-strict approach to parenting. She expected straight A’s in every class besides gym or drama, made her kids practice piano and violin for hours a day, and prohibited TV, playdates, and sleepovers. Hence the nickname Tiger Mom.
1992 was the “Year of the Woman.” Four women won seats in the U.S. Senate and twenty-four won seats in the House of Representatives, which simultaneously tripled the number of women in the Senate and broke the record for the largest number of women elected to the House in any single election year. 1992 was also, according to an article in Time Magazine, the year Marie C. Wilson conceived the
Siblings. If you have them, there were probably times growing up when you wish you didn’t. And if you don’t have them, there were probably times growing up when you wish you did. National Siblings Day is an official commemorative day in the U.S., recognized by Congress, The Office of The President of the United States, and the governors of 49 states. It was founded in 1999 by New York
April is Stress Awareness Month. We will publish a series of helpful articles on the topic over the next few weeks, so keep checking back or follow us on Facebook to get notified. Stress is part of life for everyone. From children to adolescents to adults, we all deal with some amount of stress every day of our lives. It’s normal. Complications begin when stress becomes chronic, which means that,
If it hasn’t happened in your family yet, count yourself among the lucky. If it never happens, count yourself among the blessed. The rest of us mere mortals have to deal with the uncomfortable fact that teens lie to their parents. Not always, and not about everything, but it happens – and that’s life. Here are five helpful things to keep in mind if you know your teenager is lying
Let’s be real: your teenager has probably lied or will lie to you about something at some point during their teen years. If they haven’t and never will, then you’re lucky – research shows roughly 96% of teens lie to their parents at least once in any given year. Unless you’re in that fortunate 4%, read on. We have knowledge to offer on the subject. The first step in working
On any given weekday during the school year, the average American teenager spends about eight and a half hours sleeping and about six and a half hours in school. This leaves nine hours of their waking time unaccounted for. Which leaves us with an important question: what do our teenagers do during those nine hours? First, let’s take a look at the big-picture data, published by the Department of Health
You’ve already taken the first, most difficult steps. You recognize and accept there may be a problem. This sounds like the second half of an overused platitude, we know: the first step in fixing a problem is….but in this case, it applies. Taking those first crucial steps is truly very difficult. No parent wants to accept their child is being abusive towards another child. Even if they’re teenagers, you know
As writer, producer, and actor Meghan Ryan Lamontagne said in a blog post last year on the teen-oriented, girl-power, pop-culture website Sweety High: “Rumors are the worst.” You might have forgotten exactly how bad being the object of untrue, hurtful gossip can feel. Then your teenage son and daughter comes home in tears, disconsolate over something someone at school said about them. And it all comes back. The anger, the
