By: Cheryl Maguire I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions, but I thought I would embrace change this year. As I reflect back on last year, my first thought is, “I survived being a mom to twin teens!” Their fourteenth birthday is in February so this time of year also marks my accomplishment, […]
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“I’ll do anything for my friends.” Except take care of myself first? Oh it’s very confusing because it seems like love, but putting other people’s growth above… Read more “self-care is caring”
Letting your kid grow up can be one of the hardest things a parent has to do. It can also be hard to know how to balance… Read more “Let My People Go”
You are loved. It is easy to feel unloved. Everyone falls into the trap of believing the unloved feeling at times. We feel like no one sees,… Read more “feeling unloved”
James 1:19 is one of the most practical scriptures in all the Bible. It makes sense to our minds the second we read it. Inside we say… Read more “Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger”
Parenting is a constant balancing act. Most of the time there is a moving target that is the right balance for you and your teen. The target… Read more “Personal Vow Parenting”
We are constantly teaching our teenagers what works. Whatever behavior you reward you should get more of. Whatever behavior you punish you should see less of. Simple.… Read more “What Behavior Do You Reward”
When you and your spouse made the sacred vows it probably included the words “for better or for worse”. Maybe you wondered how bad “worse” will get.… Read more “When the Leadership is Divided”
Emotions are poor decision makers. We must not parent out of emotion, especially fear. Fear tends to either propell us to paralysis or makes us control freaks… Read more “Fear Based Parenting”
In working with troubled teens these last 15 years, I think I have come to the opinion that getting parents help is just as important (maybe more… Read more “Oxygen Masks”
