As a teacher, I have encountered every kind of parent. There have been helicopter parents, complacent parents, uninvolved parents, lawn mower parents, and I have never really settled on what kind of a parent I am. My son and husband have often said that I am too involved and I need to back off. My…
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Parenting #101: The Conflict for Control
My teenage son and I have battled for control over his life since he was an infant. One Christmas when he was about four years old, I got the brilliant idea for us to make our Christmas cards. I carefully picked out various crafting materials and imagined the hours we would spend creating the perfect…
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Parenting #101: Teenage boys and their emotions
My son texted me from school yesterday. He was having a problem, and he was in the counseling office. Immediately, I panicked. “What’s wrong?” I texted back. He answered that his ex-girlfriend had finally moved on and had started a relationship with someone else, and he just felt really sad. He told me he went…
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Parenting #101: How to keep from killing your teenager
My beautiful, vibrant, kind fourteen-year old son is currently sitting beside me. He is working on missing Spanish assignments to remedy his D- before the end of the 1st Marking Period, which is today. So, no, really. How do I keep from killing my teenage son? My son Cole has never been particularly jazzed about…
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The Wandering Empath 