by Teen Savvy Coaching | Oct 19, 2026 | Parenting
When you picture separation anxiety, you probably imagine a preschooler clinging to a parent at the classroom door. You might not picture a teenager whose texts keep arriving throughout the school day or who wants to attend an overnight trip but can’t seem to get out...
by Teen Savvy Coaching | Oct 12, 2026 | Parenting
Most of us enter parenthood with some version of a plan. We want to carry forward the things our parents did well and change the things that hurt, confused, or disappointed us. Then we find ourselves in an actual parenting moment, with an actual teenager, and discover...
by Teen Savvy Coaching | Oct 5, 2026 | Friendship, Parenting
There are few things that activate our parenting instincts faster than seeing our child rejected. They weren’t invited to the party. Their friend group suddenly stopped including them. Their best friend isn’t speaking to them. Or their boyfriend or...
by Teen Savvy Coaching | Sep 14, 2026 | Parenting
As parents, we want our kids to feel confident. So we encourage them. We tell them we’re proud of them. We remind them that they’re smart, capable, talented, funny, strong, and all the other things we genuinely see in them. But there’s an uncomfortable truth about...
by Teen Savvy Coaching | Sep 7, 2026 | Parenting, Uncategorized
On this week’s episode of Parenting Shrink Wrapped, Melissa and I talk about a parenting trend gaining traction online that sounds wonderful in theory: the analog childhood. Parents are talking about no-phone summers, screen-free weekends, delaying smartphones, and...
