by Amy LeForge | Jan 15, 2012 | Adolescence
Soooo yea. Teenagers. I’m still wrapping my mind around the whole concept of parenting two of them. Thankfully, while they do drive me a little batty, for the most part they’re not terribly awful as of now. I’m learning that I need to think back to...
by Amy LeForge | Jan 4, 2012 | Adolescence, Parenting, Tween
We’ve had rather an interesting conversation in the comments of my most recent post on parental anger. If you haven’t been following it, do pop over and take a read. Essentially, I wrote that I was angry with the boys. Beat said that he almost never gets...
by Amy LeForge | Dec 15, 2011 | Adolescence
(Editor’s note: please welcome Leslie’s advice for protecting the privacy of our children online. Thanks, Leslie!) You never know who is watching you on the Web Teenagers all over the globe use the Internet everyday to chat with friends, upload pictures to...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 22, 2011 | Adolescence
So. Teens. They can be frustrating! The respect around here has been occasionally…lacking. I tend to have high expectations for the boys. Not everyone agrees that children should be required to be polite and respectful. I get that. I’ve even tried to talk...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 27, 2011 | Adolescence
It’s okay to take your time choosing an appropriate consequence when a child misbehaves. Sometimes this feels like bad parenting, but that’s just not the case. As the older boys are aging, I’m finding it more and more difficult to figure out how to...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 30, 2011 | Adolescence
(Editor’s note: please welcome Vanessa with a guest post introducing her new book. Thanks, Vanessa!) By Vanessa Van Petten, creator of RadicalParenting.com and author of the parenting book, “Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded?” When I was 16 I...