It’s such a lonely journey being the mom of a teen who struggles with depression. I’m in a pandemic texting group of 3 other moms, but the talk is mostly about...
By Lynnette Nicholas
“It’s okay Mom. You can put your face under the water. The mask works! It’s so beautiful underneath the surface, and there are so many fish down here!” My...
I don’t know who will walk through the door when my teenager gets home tonight.
I mean, I know it will be my teenager, back from another day of some combination of...
What happens when a teen feels one way about a particular issue or problem and the parent has a very different take? At Your Teen, we understand that sometimes you need to...
There is much debate about the worst stage of parenting. Is it when they are newborns and don’t sleep? Is it when they are toddlers and you can’t leave them alone...
“Follow your passion” seems to be the career buzz phrase of the 21st century. Self-help gurus have given countless talks and written entire books on this advice, which basically boils down...
Right in the middle of you and your teen trying to survive the teen years, with both of you, hopefully, coming out of it alive, college and the SAT looms. While...
By Katy M. Clark
On a gorgeous fall day, my husband and I strolled down the sidewalk. We took in the college campus surroundings, noticing the bucolic setting, historic buildings, and undergraduates...
For a long time if one of my kids looked at me with disdain, snapped at me, or rolled his eyes, my blood would boil. How could they? I would wonder. I do...
By Jessica Port
After a long winter, and almost a year of social distancing, we’ve been watching a lot of television at our house—and I’m totally okay with it. I’ve loved having...
My husband and I refer to our firstborn as our “learner child”: we figure some things out on her and make (slightly) fewer mistakes with her younger sister.
Case in point: our...
When I set out to write The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence, I never planned to include a chapter on college. I, like so many other people,...
On day 320 of our pandemic lockdown, my son and his girlfriend moved into their own apartment. They left skid marks like I’d been beating them, throwing things in boxes and...
When the pandemic started a year ago my son Alex was a junior in high school. For him, the biggest impact wasn’t the distance learning, it was all the activities that...
I never used to be able to run the mile in high school gym class without stopping. After quitting gymnastics and basketball in elementary years, I noticed I lacked the energy...
I talked to my best friend last week for almost three hours. We haven’t spoken since before Christmas. Of course, this was not by choice but we know how this works–talks...
By Julie Schuler
When I think about the last 12 months of my middle school daughter’s life, it’s hard not to get overwhelmed with what she’s had to deal with. Everything from...
