Posted May 13, 2025
I believe that we can’t ignore the role tech plays in today’s society. As parents, it’s our job to provide our children with the tools they need to navigate this tech world safely and appropriately based on their age and/or maturity level. It’s our job to set boundaries, educate our… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted January 20, 2025
As a mother of 5 children, I learned a long time ago about having “hard conversations.” As a mother of 3 teenagers and 2 tweens, I want to add to that list of hard conversations that you HAVE to talk about sex and drugs. Before we take a deep dive… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 3, 2024
“They” say having a tween or teen son, and raising them to be good men of strong moral character in today’s culture is harder than it ever was before. I genuinely have no idea if this is true or not. This is, after all, my first time doing this! But,… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted March 15, 2024
Planning a vacation with tweens and teens can be overwhelming, and as someone who currently has five kids ranging in age from 18 to 9, I get it! We recently traveled to the Texas Coast for our family vacation and took along two bonus teenagers. It was a fantastic vacation,… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted November 20, 2023
Over the last 17 years of parenting, I have found that many of our conversations about punishments also revolve around the idea of rights vs. privileges. For example, when Cowkids aren’t using their tech appropriately…like sneaking it after they’ve been told their time is up, we have to explain that… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
