When I was a teen there were no smartphones; we only had landlines. This meant that if I was going to talk to my boyfriend, I had to s t r e t c h the telephone cord as far as I could to get...
Do you feel like you have real conversations with your teens? When we are in monitor
[caption id="attachment_7342" align="alignright" width="300"] middle aged mother and teen daughter chatting on bedmode we are not really having a conversation, we are just letting our teens know what we expect...
When teens and young adults struggle with their mental health they
tend to isolate from friends and family. And when they are isolated they struggle with self esteem and shame. What teens and young adults and actually all of us need is conversation, connection and...
"My daughter won't talk to me."
I hear this from many of my moms. Yes it is challenging at times. But there is a way your daughter will talk to you but you may need to change your approach.
It's important to evaluate 'how" you try to...