It’s the beginning of the new school year with lots of excitement and opportunity in the air. What will this school year be like? Will it be same? What will be different? I started off the new school year sick. I was knocked down by a bad sinus infection, leaving me sprawled on the couch, unable to move, allowing for too much time to scroll through my Facebook page full of pictures of happy kids on their way to their first day of school. On the one hand, I love this. I get to see all of my friends’ kids,…
My Love-Hate Relationship with “Frozen” or How I Found Out I was Elsa
By now I am guessing that many of you are so sick of hearing the song “Let it Go” that you want to hide in a hole and come out when the craze is over. I finally went to see the movie about four weeks ago with my cousin. There were a bunch of teens sitting a few rows in front of us. They were singing all the songs, quoting numerous lines. and “Hmmming” and “Ahhing” in all the right places. They simply LOVE this movie, and there are a lot of great reasons to love it – from Elsa…
Is she being disrespectful – how can I tell?
This week- Answering your most pressing questions I recently got an email from Linda, who wanted to know how she can tell when her daughter is being disrespectful. Often when they are driving in the car together her daughter does not want to talk. Her husband feels it is disrespectful, she is not sure, what do you think? I know many of you are hoping that I will give you a clear and simple answer to this question. But let’s face it – when we’re talking about teen girls, there are very few simple answers. I have given a lot…