*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. The teenage years are a time of change for both young people and parents as an adolescent experiences physical, mental, emotional, and social transformations. Transition from a child to a young adult is accompanied by a teens’ desire to increase independence from parents as…
At what age do you start caring about likes? It’s younger than you think. My daughter was 8 the first time she asked me about them. I had posted a photo of her on Instagram. The next morning she came downstairs and immediately said, “Dad, how many likes did that photo of me get?” In…
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Carlos Whittaker gives a practical way to invite other adults to speak into the lives of your kids at critical times. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcHgYqzYxtA] OTHER PARENTING HACKS Date Your Kid’s Desires Change the Wi-Fi Password Source: The Parent Cue
Last May I stated classes to become a high school English teacher. Since then I’ve learned so much about how to create lesson plans, engage students, and implement classroom management procedures. I’ve discussed a lot, read even more, and one of the things that has really stuck with me is the idea that a…
I didn’t want to say it. I’d been down this road so many times, and I knew that it usually stalled at a dead end. But I could feel the words on the tip of my tongue, scrambling to get out of the awkward silence of our greeting. Before my brain could find a decent…
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…