I hear this phrase often from parents of teens in my office and even outside of work with friends with teen-aged children. It’s what is said when the teen is complaining about how hard it is to manage their responsibilities. It's sometimes hard to hear because I personally feel as though the teen's emotions are …
Tell me what you want me to do
Unspoken expectations “Adults have these expectations for kids, and they think we know what they are,” Said a teen in my office who gave me permission to use his words. He was frustrated as are many other kids at the fact that parents and other authority figures have thoughts about what they want, how and …
“Mom do you have a sec?”
I was meeting with a friend at Starbucks, and as most moms do, we were talking about our kids. She shared how sad she felt when her daughter was graduating high school because she realized that it was too late. I was confused by that statement, too late, but she continued to share that she …
