Save Your Seat for the FREE Parenting Teens Summit!

I’ve always had a passion for helping parents do the best they can! The teen years are particularly difficult, which is why Pam Farrel and I wrote Got Teens? Time Tested Answers for Moms of Teens and Tweens and why Dr. Kathy Koch and I wrote No More Perfect Kids...

Six Words No Parent Should Ever Say

Did you know there are six words no parent should ever say? These six words—when put together—can almost always make a liar out of you. Want to know what these words are?My-child-would-never-do-that.These words will always come back to haunt any parent who ignorantly...

Parent Strategy: Contracts for Teens

When my kids were little we used chore charts with stars to motivate and hold our kids accountable to carry out their home responsibilities.As they’ve grown older, we found the need for a new strategy.  And with our two teens at home, we’ve found that...