by Brooke Romney | May 28, 2019 | intentional summer teenagers, Parenting, Teens
Summer with Tweens and Teens: 21 Tips for a Balanced, Connected Summer Summer with tweens and teens is a different season than summer with littles — and the families who figure that out early have dramatically better summers. The days of sidewalk chalk and bubbles are...
by Brooke Romney | Apr 19, 2019 | Holidays, Parenting, Teens
This weekend the almost impossible happened: Tiger Woods won the Masters. This is being touted as one of the greatest sports’ comeback stories of all time and is an incredible allegory for our kids for multiple reasons. Here are the facts: At 21 Tiger was the...
by Brooke Romney | Nov 20, 2018 | Parenting, Teens
This week’s #teentalktuesday is a tough one. Over the weekend, the the migrant caravan reached the Tiajuana border. When members of the caravan rushed the fencing, the border authority fired tear gas to keep people from trying to cross the border into the US. Image...
by Brooke Romney | Nov 13, 2018 | Parenting, Teens
This Teen Talk Tuesday is a great way to check in on all of your children to make sure they are getting their needs met. You can talk in a group or have this conversation one on one, but I love this one as a group…it is less awkward, there are more ideas, and...
by Brooke Romney | Nov 6, 2018 | Parenting, Teens
One of my goals with Teen Talk Tuesday is to raise a generation that feels comfortable talking about real issues, who isn’t afraid to hear what the other side has to say, and is willing to speak their mind in a respectful way. I think this type of dialogue starts at...
by Brooke Romney | Oct 30, 2018 | Parenting, Teens
There is nothing more important in our relationships with our teenagers than having open communication. When I had younger kids, I thought this would be so easy for me…I’m such a talker! In reality, it’s a lot harder than I thought it would be! Now that I am on...
