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Find Answers to Your Modern Parenting Questions

Keeping up with trending topics as a parent is hard work, but modern parenting is all about being in the know. There’s a lot of difficult conversations parents have to have with their children, which is how topics in this mindful parenting blog are chosen. Hopefully you’ll find useful advice in these articles that will help strengthen your parent-child bond.

Why Your Teen Needs a Summer Job

Why Your Teen Needs a Summer Job

I believe that this hot hiring market provides the perfect opportunity for teens to not only avoid the summertime slump (you know, that weird time where teens sleep all day and stay up all night on screens and you never see them for the fun family stuff!) but to really increase their self-esteem, confidence, and maturity too.

I want to share with you the reasons why it’s so important for your teen to get a job this summer and how to encourage them to get that job if they appear to be a little unwilling.

But the important thing is that you have to start NOW. If you wait for summer to get here, then all the good jobs will be taken and all that opportunity for personal growth will be gone with it.

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Why Non-Traditional Parenting Isn’t a Bad Thing

Why Non-Traditional Parenting Isn’t a Bad Thing

Parenting outside of the traditional family is often seen as a negative thing, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be.

As a child psychologist who has worked with families of all different kinds, I can tell you with great certainty that it’s not WHAT your family looks like; it’s HOW you parent that makes all the difference.

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Where Have I Been? A Quick Update…

Where Have I Been? A Quick Update…

Cancer took me out of the picture for a while…but I’m healthy and back to work on helping Modern Parents tackle real-world challenges.

Find out what I have planned for Modern Parents over the next year – I think you’ll find a lot of helpful tips and strategies to address your parenting challenges.

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