by Robin | Oct 21, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Advice, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 15 ~ Parenting isn't for cowards. Parenting isn't easy. In parenting, you impact the future. So do what you can to stack the odds in your favor, lesson (imagined) fears of failure and minimize the...
by Robin | Oct 20, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Mom stuff, On my soapbox, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 14 ~ Eventually your t(w)een will get a cell phone; statistics suggest it's only a matter of time. According to a Pew Research Center article, 75% of 12-17 year olds own cell phones; one-third sends...
by Robin | Oct 18, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 13 ~ Parenting is swimming upstream, especially when you're countering culture. There are so many pressures and "acceptances," it's easy to become desensitized to issues worthy of The...
by Robin | Oct 17, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Parenting
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 12 ~ On day three of my #31Days parenting series, I suggested three things every t(w)een needs to hear on a regular basis (#5 on the list); today I'm offering three things every t(w)een needs to hear as circumstance...
by Robin | Oct 15, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, On my soapbox, Parenting
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 11 ~ The world wide web forever changed parenting. By introducing a host of decisions non-existent a decade ago, the internet heightens the responsibility of a parent to be informed about the rewards and risks...
by Robin | Oct 15, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 10 ~ In a country where the divorce rate hovers around 50%, it's hard for me–a recovering people pleaser–to say what I'm about to say. I realize potentially I could offend or hurt every...