It’s easy as parents to try to communicate with all our children the same. And typically, we tend to communicate with our kids in the way we grew up. Some families look at communication as a way to make sure their kids are tough, resilient, and able to withstand whatever life sends their way. But […]
Having had four teenagers under one roof at the same time, I know what it was like to literally feel as though every second was accounted for. I took my role as Mom seriously having given up a corporate job when my kids were little. For me, motherhood became a passion, a calling that I […]
When our kids are little it is easy to laugh at the cute things they say and do. Even during those early years of school we watch with excitement as they encounter new experiences and are filled with wonder. And then as our kids become tweens and teens the climate in most homes changes. Instead […]
The phone had been silent for several days and Shannon began to worry. Silence usually meant something was going on that her daughter didn’t want her to know about. Silence meant whatever was happening was something that her daughter knew she wouldn’t approve of. Silence meant this chasm would widen, the earth would give way, […]
Melanie lay across the university lawn excited yet tentative. She couldn’t wait until finals were over…one more to go and she would be finished with the semester. Yet she wasn’t ready to leave the university. She loved the comradery of being with the other kids not to mention the independence of doing what she wanted […]
As I spent time with a friend today we started talking about helping our kids become motivated. The more we talked I was hit with an a-ha. “Do you think your son knows what his purpose is?” I asked. There was a long pause. And for both of us it was as if the dawning […]