Thy TEEN-DOM Come

PART 2: A Mama is a Mama, no Matter How Long 

Understanding Your Role as the Parent of a Teen 

Teenagers in the house? I am so tempted right now to say, "Good luck with that!" and be done with this blog. Most parents of teens, given the option, would simply click the heels of their ruby slippers together while chanting "there's no place like Rome, there's no place like Rome." But lets be honest and square off, toe to toe, with this challenge. YOU can parent successfully throughout your child's teenage years. YES, it can be done. It may not feel like successful parenting while you are doing it, but mark God's words: "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6 NKJV

There really isn't a formula, but there is an invisible force field.

Remember the rules you set in place through the 'TWEEN' stage? (Didn't know about the rules? You can read about it here.) Well, you still need some rules in place, but in the state of TEEN-dom the rules become somewhat fluid...organic, even. Although the rules still exist, they now morph and bend to wrap themselves around the complex nuances of the teen brain. Much like those stretchy elastic bands that used to be your apron strings. 

Supermarket Meltdown

The Simple Guide to TANTRUM Prevention 

while Shopping with Your Child 

Contrary to a popular belief that all children are born angels (who in their right mind would come up with that?

Have you ever been in a room full of toddlers? One might think he had slipped into an evil pit of selfish opportunistic egomaniacs. “Mine!! MINE!!!”, not my definition of angelic…nuf said) the Bible teaches we are ALL born in SIN. We all have need of redemption, and your precious little angel is no exception. 

BECOME A BETTER PARENT OVERNIGHT

5 EASY ADJUSTMENTS TO UPDATE YOUR PARENTING STYLE

Every parent wants to believe they are the best parent they can be. It’s no mystery that often times that means we set ourselves on a course toward a parenting style that is the OPPOSITE of the way we ourselves were parented, and often accompanied with the vow that, “I refuse to be like my mother!” or “I will NEVER be like my father!”  When in fact, our parenting styles should NOT be patterned after Mom or Dad, nor patterned to be the opposite of Mom or Dad, and our parenting styles should definitely NOT be patterned after current social trends or peer pressure fads, i.e. “you aren’t a good parent if you aren't making your own organic baby food,” or “if your child is not on the waiting list for a certain academy by the age of 6 months…” Social Media does not a good parent make! 

God makes good parents. 

After all, it is He who gifted you with your child in first place....