by Brooke Romney | Sep 23, 2021 | Parenting, Practical Tips, Printable, Teens
Protect Your Peace: 12 Ways That Actually Work Learning to protect your peace is not a luxury — it is a survival skill for anyone trying to live a grounded, intentional life in a world designed to saturate and destabilize. I learned this the hard way. Last March I was...
by Brooke Romney | Sep 23, 2021 | Parenting, Practical Tips, Teens
Social Media Clean Out: Your Feed, Your Terms It is time for a social media clean out — and not because social media is inherently bad, but because most people’s feeds have become something that happened to them rather than something they chose. Your feed should...
by Brooke Romney | Aug 31, 2021 | Education, Letters, Parenting, Teens
Advice for New College Students: The Letter and the Truth Nobody Tells You Advice for new college students almost always focuses on what to pack and where to register — and almost never on what actually matters in those first weeks and months. This is the advice for...
by Brooke Romney | Aug 6, 2021 | Education, Letters, Parenting, Teens
Parenting a New Middle Schooler: What Nobody Tells You Before It Starts Parenting a new middle schooler hits differently than most parents expect. Nothing quite prepares you for watching your child walk into that building and not being able to follow them in. After...
by Brooke Romney | Jul 6, 2021 | Parenting, Teens
How to Find the Best Therapists for Teens (And Get Them to Actually Go) Finding the best therapists for teens is one of the most meaningful things a parent can do — and one of the most difficult to navigate. The wrong fit is worse than no therapist at all. The right...
by Brooke Romney | Feb 1, 2021 | Printable, Teens
This past week I was in charge of our high school’s mental health week. Whenever I volunteer for something, I like to be sure that our money and time are not being wasted, and it is something the kids will find meaningful or at the very least enjoy. It ended up...
