“Raising kids through the adolescent years is like guiding your family in a raft through whitewater rapids,” says Dr. Kevin Leman, author of Running the Rapids: Guiding Teenagers through the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence. Like going down the river trying to navigate rapids, rocks and other hidden dangers, there is definite risk in experiencing the adolescent…
My son started high school this year and it made me reflect on his life and my own. Sometimes I find it hard to imagine not having my son with me 24/7. The truth is, we parent our teens to leave the nest from our home to another one – their own. It’s hard for…
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Parents, teachers, coaches, gather round. If you have a teenager in your life, listen up. I may have stumbled onto some insight into the secret digital lives of teenagers. I have some reliable info about their phones and the things they experience on social media. If you have witnessed a teen with a phone grafted…
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Parenting Teens
“Raising kids through the adolescent years is like guiding your family in a raft through whitewater rapids,” says Dr. Kevin Leman, author of Running the Rapids: Guiding Teenagers through the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence. Like going down the river trying to navigate rapids, rocks and other hidden dangers, there is definite risk in experiencing the adolescent…
Preparing a Teen to Leave the Nest
My son started high school this year and it made me reflect on his life and my own. Sometimes I find it hard to imagine not having my son with me 24/7. The truth is, we parent our teens to leave the nest from our home to another one – their own. It’s hard for…
The Digital Lives of American Teenagers
Parents, teachers, coaches, gather round. If you have a teenager in your life, listen up. I may have stumbled onto some insight into the secret digital lives of teenagers. I have some reliable info about their phones and the things they experience on social media. If you have witnessed a teen with a phone grafted…