Your child is now a teenager and that sweet person has become a moody, challenging human being taking up space in your home. You long for the sweet child from years ago or just last year.   The relationship between you and your child when they are young is a strong one placing the parent […]

To understand if you are a helicopter parent, you have to know what it means to be a helicopter parent.  The term “helicopter parent” is used to define a parent who engage in over-parenting his/her children.  Helicopter parents often are obsessed with their children’s education, safety, extracurricular activities, and other aspects of their children’s lives.  […]

There are a multitude of reasons for teenagers to become angry and even stay angry.  This time period is so confusing and unnerving for teenagers.  They are trying to figure out who they are and how they are separate people from their parents and families.  Sometimes their emotions get the best of them and just […]

Does it feel like you never know which emotion your teenager will show at any one time?  Can the emotions switch within one conversation?  It is hard to know how to respond to the emotion – should you respond to the anger, the sadness, the frustration, or the despair?  How do you respond? Will the […]