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Parenting Teens Tip #1: Connection First

As our readers may have noticed, I have been particularly focused on writing about parenting teens recently. While there are many reasons for this, including my…

Increased Anxiety and Fear for Teens (Parenting Teens Blog Series)

For several months now, our blog has focused on helping parents understand just what it might be like for their teens to…

Increased Anxiety and Fear in Parenting (Parenting Teens Blog Series)

So far in this blog series, I have talked a lot about what teens are struggling with. I wanted to take some time to also…

Parenting Teens Blog Series: Information Overload

In writing this blog series as well as in my daily work with parents, teens, and families in general, I reflect often on what is going on in our world that has led us to where…

Parenting Teens Blog Series: Competitive Climate

While I am of the belief that there are more opportunities for all of us currently, particularly due to technology and our ever-changing world, I find that the…

Parenting Teens Blog Series: Being Easily Frustrated

One of the most interesting observations that I have about our current generation of teens, is that they seem to be easily frustrated and upset when things do not…

Parenting Teens Blog Series: Less Down Time

Welcome to 2020! I know this year has started off busily for many families. I thought it would be a great idea to restart our Parenting Teens Blog Series!

Setting an Intention for 2020

I have a personal practice that I like to engage in each year around this time of year… I like to reflect on the year and set an intention for the coming year. Typically, I think about what I struggled with and feel I would benefit from incorporating.

Surviving the Holidays Blog Collection

We at Thrive have certainly noticed that the holidays bring a certain level of expectation, anxiety, and feelings of overwhelm and overcommitment for many of the families, kids included, that we…

How to enjoy the holidays with your teen

I thought it might be nice to take a short break from our parenting teens and the challenges of being a teen blog series to focus a bit more on the holidays in our families. The holidays are always such…