Daughter has new freedom by driving herself to events. This has opened up a new world and she is more social now that she can come and go as she’s invited to go places. Because she’s never been social before, we never had to impose a curfew on her. When she does go somewhere, she […]
A mom was lamenting how much time her daughter spent on the computer. Constantly having to limit the daughter’s time on the computer, there was some amount of guilt on the mom’s part around the daughter’s habits. My thought was “or DON’T restrict your daughter’s computer time and maybe she’ll grow up to be a
In Naviance (the school software to track students), parents have to (get to?) fill out a “brag sheet,” something that could be added to college applications if it were admissible. Here are the directions: Parent Letter Prompt: (This section is to be completed by your parent/guardian. They can either write directly in the space provided,
When I was a sophomore in high school, my GF was a wild-child whose divorced mother was absent from the house most of the time. GF introduced me to Rocky Horror Picture Show and began throwing parties that led to going to the midnight showing. This group of friends was TOTALLY into the story and
I gave Daughter the chores of cleaning 2 toilets but Son was overloaded with homework and I told him to let me know when he was ready for his assignment. Daughter walked through the kitchen with her scrubbing equipment and what I heard Son say was: When did you get assigned chores?” but what he
