Perhaps the most important goal of parenthood is to make an orderly and timely transfer of power to our children. It’s a delicate balance we walk between granting independence too early or holding on until it’s too late. One ofRead more…
Have Parents Stopped Using Common Sense?
Why have so many parents forgotten the common-sense approach to child rearing that has worked for generations? Why look for something new? Good question. People began losing confidence in the traditional approach to child rearing during the 1920s and 1930s.Read more…
Prepare Your Child for Independence
My sister’s daughter went off to college at eighteen and immediately went a little crazy. She had always been a good kid, but when she was on her own, she drank like a lush, was sexually promiscuous, and flunked threeRead more…
Hallway of Doors
Let’s talk today about lifelong addictions which often begin during the adolescence years. Imagine, if you will, a long dark hallway with a series of doors on either side. Written on each door is the name of an addiction, suchRead more…