Adventures in Parenting

Have you noticed that It doesn’t come off well when we tell our girls to dress modestly?
Yes, we’ve been told we are old-fashion, we are too conservative, we don’t know the current styles, we are out of date, everyone else wears it, etc., etc., etc.
Girls basically dress to be attractive to boys, right? What if [...]

I am very proud to have Vanessa Van Petten author today’s post.
Vanessa is an incredibly mature young lady, the the teen author of the parenting book “You’re Grounded!” She writes a parenting blog from a teen’s perspective to help parents understand what is actually going on in the mind of kid’s today.
Vanessa and I are [...]

“How do I keep communication open with my teenagers?”
Parents often express that their teens are shutting them out of their lives. They talk more to their friends than to their parents. They might even consult with other adults such as their teachers or their friend’s parents. But they hesitate in coming to their own parents [...]

“What would you wish your parents would do differently?”
I asked this of some 10th and 11th graders in class today.
Several of them shouted out, “I wish they wouldn’t be so overprotective.” “I wish they would let me go out more.” “They should let me drive.”
I suppose that answer doesn’t surprise me. Every teenager I know [...]