Behind Closed Doors: Understanding Why Teens Lie “Does my teen lie to me?” This may be a common question that many parents ask. The answer is yes, most likely they have lied to you about one thing or another at a certain point in time. The question you need to be asking, however, is how often are they lying to me and about what? To understand more about teenagers and lying, we must first identify what they are lying about. …
Talking To Your Kids About School Shootings In wake of recent events across the nation, many people are scared, angry, anxious, and fearful to send their kids to school. Not only are parents struggling to overcome their fears about the rise in school shootings, but young children are struggling to even wrap their minds around this. To them, unfortunately, hearing about school shootings is becoming the norm. Lock down drills are just another day at their schools. Some may suggest…
It’s that time of year again and the holidays always seem to sneak up on us faster than we think! Although the holidays are meant to be filled with joy and cheer, it can also be a time filled with lots and lots of stress! For many people, it can be hard to try to balance the stress with the happiness that is meant to surround the holidays. I mean let’s face it, although we want to bring out the…