by Teen Savvy | Apr 6, 2023 | Parenting
Could Cold Showers be the Secret to Better Parenting? For the last 90 seconds of my morning shower, I turn the hot water all the way off, and pretty much just gasp while icy water hits my skin. I’ve been engaging in this nonsense for nearly a year, after...
by Teen Savvy | Feb 25, 2023 | Parenting
Parenting can be a real bear sometimes. When it comes to navigating rough patches, studies show that some parental responses are more effective than others. Experts have determined three different parenting approaches: authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative, and...
by Teen Savvy | Jan 21, 2023 | Parenting
I’m in the middle of a big professional change that can be summarized in a one word: Transition. Transitions, while potentially exciting, are also a time of unsteadiness, uncertainty, and unfinished business. Big changes on the professional horizon Last week, I...
by Teen Savvy | Dec 29, 2022 | Parenting
I tend not to make a New Year’s resolution, in part because, as an educator, my “year” has started in August and ended in June for the past four decades. Thus, January is often more of a midpoint for me than it is a beginning. That said, over the past couple...
by Teen Savvy | Nov 20, 2022 | Parenting
WHY TO AVOID “WHY” QUESTIONS WITH YOUR TEEN When it comes to making requests and inquiries of their teens, parent language matters–a lot. With my parent coaching clients, we do a lot of examining of the language, tone, and timing around parent-child...
