by Brooke Romney | Oct 2, 2019 | Education, Teens
College Essay Assistance: Help Your Teen Tell Their Story College essay assistance that actually helps is hard to find. There is a version of help that writes the essay for the student — which is both academically dishonest and counterproductive, because the essay...
by Brooke Romney | Jun 13, 2019 | Parenting, Practical Tips, Teens
External Tech Controls for Screen Time: The Tools That Actually Work External tech controls for screen time are the single most effective tool for removing you from the role of daily screen-time enforcer. The argument for teaching internal controls and...
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...
