Everything I’ve learned about the developing teenage brain has been quite liberating for me. It’s been liberating as a journey in self-discovery. You see, if the brain is not fully wired-up until about the age of 25, then that offers me at least some sort of explanation for much of my confusing and now-embarrassing adolescent……
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on USA Today. The number of fatalities in crashes involving teen-age drivers spiked nearly 10% last year as teens were often speeding or distracted by cell phones or other passengers, according to a new pair of safety studies. The spike comes after a decade when the number of people killed was cut nearly in…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. Boys who are raised in a warm family environment are more likely to feel secure in romantic relationships in their 80s, according to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science. The findings show that boys who grow up in loving homes tend to…
I’m going to guess you wish you had a little more courage as an adult, and maybe even as a parent. We all do. Fear isn’t just an emotion, it’s also a habit. Same with courage. Courage is a habit, and habits start young. Very young. So how do you raise a courageous child? There’s…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Medical Daily. Teenagers are often called out for their reward-seeking behavior, but a new study shows that this may not necessarily be a bad thing. This behavior can in fact help adolescents learn from their experiences and prepare them for adulthood. “Studies of the adolescent…
Splink 1: As you are cooking dinner, choose some kitchen items your kids might not recognize (potato masher; grapefruit knife; melon baller; strawberry huller; garlic press; apple corer; etc.) and play a game to see how many they can identify. To add to the mystery, put them under a dishcloth and uncover each item one…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on the Business Insider. Don’t be fooled by people who say parents are out of touch with their kids’ lives. The truth is, they may be more enmeshed in the goings-on of their children than parents have been in decade — and that may not be a…
On Sundays when I was growing up, it didn’t matter if we were facing imminent danger or in the throes of a natural disaster, we were going to church. Literally, I can’t remember not hearing my mom’s alarm clock go off every Sunday morning at 8:00am—because, of course, church was always preceded by a solid…
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After parenting for almost twenty years now, my husband and I were challenged to come up with a list of 5 things we would do all over again as it relates to raising kids. I’ve already shared a few things we are glad we did, like imagining the end, saying words that build, and…