Your tween is looking to you for advice. They just don’t want to hear it. Until they feel heard and understood. Your Assumptions Are Probably Wrong If you jump into giving advice after ‘listening’ for less than five minutes, you probably don’t understand the real issue. I’m guilty of this. My daughter will be telling…
If you’ve ever washed your tween’s clean or barely worn clothes. Or had them angry with you because their favorite shirt wasn’t clean – it’s time for them to step up and do their own laundry. Doing Laundry Develops Your Tweens Scheduling and Planning Skills My daughters started doing their laundry when they were eight….
When kids hit their tweens, we assume they’re old enough to stay home alone. The problem with fixating on age instead of maturity means that some kids manage themselves at home alone before they have the skills to do so. Others are prepared to handle the responsibility but are stuck at home with a nanny….
What if the teen years could be good? There’s a lot to learn before thirteen, and often it’s not until eleven that parents start to stare the upcoming teenage years in the face and panic. What if they succumb to peer pressure and something bad happens? What if they’re unmotivated and their grades suffer? What…
Every parent wants their child to have friends, especially friends that are a positive influence on your kiddo. But when they’re home alone, what do you do? Allow your child to have friends over? Cut off all communication with their friends and ban them from ever coming to the house? If your child asks, “can…
