Diaries of a mad white woman

It has been nearly a year since I sent one of my kids off to visit their father for the summer... only to have them not return home. New t...

Being a parent of teens is a challenge. It is not easy. It is not for the faint of heart. It is not for the hard of hearing. It is not for t...

  P R E D I C T A B L E When a parent says "yes" to a teen, it is sunny skies and 75 degrees out. Beautiful!  parenting beh...

Teens tend to have two reasons for doing a thing:  one that sounds good  and a real one. NOTE: Parents just happen to have an innate decodi...

Why is it that kids seem to forget most everything that matters to the adults in their life? Conversely? They seem to have an elephant'...

Isn't that the wish of every teenager? All they want is freedom. I have one teen who can't wait to "graduate" and have a...

Because I said so!   parenting behavior teens