by Chris | Building Connection, Health & Wellness
Parents of teenagers often exclaim, “My teenager won’t talk to me!” Here are five reasons why your teenager won’t talk to you with tips to help restore communication. Remember when you and your child could walk into the grocery store and have a conversation as you...
by Chris | School Success
I’ve been teaching freshman for the past 20 years (wait a minute…I need to let that sink in. That means the kids in my first freshman class are now 34 yrs old…yikes!). This year, our oldest son is a high school freshman (I just can’t get away from them!)....
by Chris | Blog Topics, Building Connection, Limits & Discipline
I’m very excited to share an article of mine that was published in Grown and Flown. Mary Dell Harrington and Lisa (Endlich) Heffernan, co-founders of Grown and Flown, have over 300,000 subscribers. Their website is dedicated to helping parents of high...
by Chris | Building Connection, Limits & Discipline, School Success
“Helicopter parent” has become a catch-all label for any parent that we perceive to be over involved in their child’s life. For the past 20 years, I have taught high school English in an upper-middle class community. The term “helicopter parent” has become more and...
by Chris | Blog Topics, Health & Wellness, School Success
It’s so heartbreaking! Your lonely teenager, with no friends, mopes around all weekend and has nothing to do. They don’t get invited to hang out, and if they muster up the courage to reach out to someone else, they get the silent treatment back. If only they had...
by Chris | Health & Wellness, Limits & Discipline
Teenagers will do crazy things, like piercing their own ears or tongues or anything else that has skin. Over the past 20 years in the classroom, I’ve heard lots of stories that made me shake my head in disbelief. If your teenager has ever done something crazy,...
