Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years. ~Author Unknown You have to do your own…
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By the time kids are 5 or 6 years of age, many of the sleep issues of early childhood have all however vanished. Sadly, it’s usually tougher to get them into bed at a good hour. Your youngster may not…
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“What Were You Thinking?!” You climb into your automotive, flip the key within the ignition, and are assaulted by rap music so loud the car windows are vibrating. You just know your hearing will never be the same. Blame it…
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Nobody enjoys paying for automobile insurance specially to teenagers. We all know that insurance for teenagers or car insurance for teens are much higher due to that they are new and inexperience drivers. As a matter of fact, car insurance…
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“This book is worthy of reading and re-reading, if only to remind yourself of its simple message to stop what you’re doing and listen to the important people in your life. It has spoken to me at different times, helping…
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Below are some of the Quotes that I collected that you might discover, use and apply in your daily adventure in life. Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~ Unknown Growing up is a process, not an event. ~…
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It was my kids homework that did it. Every night became a challenge to me how to get my son, a non-academic, to do his homework. I tried encouragement, patience, and teaching, but all of them to no avail. I even tried other…
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It can be hard being a parent with a teen going through what I term the ‘I’m Invincible’ phase. This is the phase when teens start doing scary and dangerous things (according to us parents) as a way of testing out their physical limits…
This is not surprising given that, at adolescence, teenagers are effectively given a ‘new’ body, one which has many improved features from that of their childhood body. It’s no good as parents thinking we can tell them about the limits of this body; just as a toddler needs to work out for themselves how to balance to walk so a teen needs to work out for themselves how to use their changed body.
Parents today feel that they should be encouraging and helpful in their teenagers to try hard and do well in their exams, or any academic work. The problem is that in trying to achieve this goal, many parents end up causing stress and…
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