Learning to Shift Your Parenting Style
Do you allow your teenager to make mistakes? Or do you protect him from that? Think about it — if…
Parenting Today’s Teens
Entering Your Teen’s Cultural Arena
If you have teens in the house, no doubt you’ve heard mention of The Hunger Games. These stories have resonated…
Parenting Today’s Teens: When Teen Anger Burns Bright
In the right context, fire is helpful. It can warm a house, cook your s’mores, even act as a signal…
Marriage Turmoil Affects Your Teen
Marriage is sometimes hard. Anyone who says differently either hasn’t been married, or is selling you something. What I want…
Hope for the “Me” Generation
The “Baby Boom” generation was so anxious to have good relationships with their children that they tended to set aside…
Parenting Today’s Teens: A False Sense of Security
It’s probably happened to a lot of dads. Your kid spends his mornings watching you drag yourself to the…
Parenting Today’s Teens: The Teen “Spin” Cycle
There is nothing worse than living with a teen spinning out of control, and no worse feeling than the hopelessness…
When Your Teen is in the Wrong Crowd
If you swim with the sharks, you’re bound to get bit. One bad apple spoils the whole bushel. Bad company…
The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Teen
As parents, we often put a lot of blame on ourselves for what we cannot offer our kids. When Christmas…
10 Steps Towards Maturing Teen Boys
Fifteen is the age when a boy moves into manhood while still holding on to the boyish ways of childhood.…