Tag: parenting teens
How To Have A Terrible Vacation With Your Teens
I have just returned from a beach trip with our kids who are all teens. It was ripe for moody withdrawals, complaining, begging for...
How To Demonstrate Love To Your Teens
In our culture -- where love is so conditional and measured by clicks and likes or the fickle connections of social media -- our...
Parenting and My Personality
In 2002 I took a job as a communications coordinator at a nonprofit in Chattanooga. I was 24-years-old and we were childless, so switching...
Toddlers – and Teens – Need Boundaries
When our children start showing those early signs of independence -- daring to touch electrical outlets, throwing a toy for the second time, resisting...
Target Baby Section: Enter at Your Own Risk
A few weeks ago, I had some time to kill. One teen son was at home, and the other was at an event to...
Do Something, Say Something, or Just Listen?
My daughter starts middle school today.
I could tell you that, after more than a decade in youth ministry, my husband and I kinda know...
Why I Love Having Older Kids
I remember not too long ago when I said goodbye to naps with my youngest. It was so sad to have that quiet "me"...