My kids are transforming right before my eyes. Although every stage and phase of motherhood is profound, I’m caught in the throes of transformation with both my kids that sometimes leaves me breathless. This spring, my son will be graduating grade school and moving on to middle school. My daughter will be graduating middle school […]
Encouraging Words for a Teenage Girl Who Is Struggling
As I was cleaning up from my teen ministry, picking up the paper plates filled with pizza crust and cookie crumbs, I gathered the papers on clipboards that the kids filled out during the writing exercises we worked on together. Piling them in my hands, one by one I glanced at their words, their doodles, […]
How To Help Your Kid Through Teen Drama: Insights and Advice
I’ve worked with teens for 30 years, in group homes and psychiatric hospitals, in youth ministries and as a teacher in several schools, and there is one social dynamic that always seems to rise within circles of friends- It’s called teen drama. Ah, teen drama. There are all kinds of situations that can arise among […]
