by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce Are you struggling with an out of control teen and feeling hopeless about things ever being any different? Are you losing sleep, worrying about whether or not you’re doing it the “right” way, hoping the decisions you’re making won’t backfire on you or...
by Jennifer Poole | Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Jennifer Poole A friend of my daughter’s has been saying she knows the stars of a popular Disney show. She has told my daughter that she video chats with them and has even given my nine year old a T-shirt signed by the cast and a personal letter from...
by Jennifer Poole | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Jennifer Poole Years ago, when I worked with juvenile offenders, I attended a training that stated the most difficult time for most boys is the first year of junior high/middle school. Everything is changing – now they have lockers, many teachers,...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Guest Contributor Amy Kelly Summertime is a double-edged sword. On one side, teenagers look forward to a break from school, sunshine, vacations and free time. Parents, on the other side, dread the nightly curfew battles, constant coming and goings of activities and an...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce When you’re riding in the car, have you ever had the seat belt tighten against you? What’s the first thing you do when you feel it tighten but there’s no actual danger around? You try to loosen it up, right? I know for myself, the minute that seat belt...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce In this day and age, we all have the “good touch/bad touch” talk with our kids when they are young. And, most of us grit our teeth and make it through the uncomfortable but necessary sex talk with our adolescents. I worry, though, that many parents...
