by Brooke Romney | May 4, 2026 | Gift Ideas, Holidays, lists, Teens
Family Games Teens Love: The Crowd-Sourced Guide Finding family games teens love — games they will actually choose to play rather than tolerating under protest — is one of the harder challenges of family game night once kids hit middle school. This list exists because...
by Brooke Romney | May 4, 2026 | Books, Teens
Best Books for Teens: The Most Addictive Reads on the List The best books for teens are the ones that produce the specific parental experience of having to tell a teenager to put down a book and go to sleep. That is the bar. Not books that are educational, not books...
by Brooke Romney | Aug 14, 2025 | Education, Teens
It is such an exciting time as students begin college, many of them for their first year! Here are some items they won’t want to leave home without. Under $10 Sewing Kit The kit contains all the necessary tools that are required for performing basic repairs....
by Brooke Romney | Dec 18, 2023 | Holidays, Teens
A Christmas Playlist Even Teenagers Like There are moments in parenting when you wonder how a certain child ever came from your DNA. One of mine happened when my son, at 7 years old, announced, “I HATE CHRISTMAS MUSIC. CHANGE THE STATION!” He was dead serious. I LOVE...
by Brooke Romney | Sep 24, 2023 | Modern Manners, Parenting, Teens
Teen Tip: Take Responsibility for Your Actions In a situation that hasn’t gone well, take responsibility for your actions. Don’t give excuses. Don’t blame the referee or the coach. Don’t place the burden on a friend. Don’t decide it was the teacher’s fault....
by Brooke Romney | Sep 24, 2023 | Modern Manners, Parenting, Teens
How Many Hours Does It Take To Make a Friend? We live in a world of instant gratification where we can have almost anything we want instantaneously, but this study from the University of Kansas proves that friendship isn’t like that. So, how many hours does it take to...
