Should teenagers get a summer job?
In 1978 almost seventy-two percent of our teenagers got a summer job. Today, that number is about twenty-eight percent. Different reasons are given…
Try These Helpful Parenting Phrases
I’m remembering all the times I crawled in bed and thought, “I should have said something like . . .” It can be difficult at times, to be wise in the…
Parenting Teens: Grace or Consequences?
I used to tell my sons that the one phrase they would never hear out of an adult’s mouth was, “Man, I wish I could go back and do junior high again!”…
Decide to Discipline: Tweens and Teens
The common advice given to parents with an older child is, “Pick your battles.” That is great advice, but what does it mean? Choosing battles with…