The 14-going-on-20-but-still-back-at-7-year-old is in the middle of this meadow. I’m there with her, alongside and holding her hand periodically, other times I lag a step behind her confident gait.
teens / tweens
Why You Can’t Get Parenting Right No Matter How Long, Hard You Try
Any of you feel like your parenting masters no matter how many years experience you have? Yeah, me neither. I’d settle for pretty good. Some days I’d take not awful.
Now are the Chores of Our Discontent
Do your kids have household chores? Do you?
Order Through Chaos: Teaching Teenagers How to Think
The other night I was playing a game of Chinese chess with my son. It’s something we do every so […]
Shoes of a Child Take Many Steps on Guided Journey Toward Adulthood
A father spots his tween’s shoes on the bathroom floor and wonders how this little boy he brought home from the hospital just the other day fits into them … and the world of the future.
Raising Teen Daughters, Defining Boundaries in the #MeToo Era
The ability for children to learn to establish and maintain self-boundaries is crucial, and more evident than ever, as #MeToo sheds light on violations.