Active listening allows a parent to connect with their child. Connecting skills keep your relationship strong. You want your teens to trust that you will support their development. Active listening communicates that you REALLY care about your child. “Listen earnestly to anything [your children] want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen […]
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Wednesday – Discuss HARD topics with me, even Politics and Religion. – I am blessed to be able to discuss politics and religion (I have a lot to learn) with people from both sides. Sometimes the discussion doesn’t go very far because of, what Amy Wax calls, enforced orthodoxy. Her recent article “Are We Free
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A Story of Growing Up and Leaving the “Nest” My three oldest, now college students, are moving out this month. They will be living in three different apartments, two local the other out-of-state. It has been great having everyone home for the summer! We have gone on a couple trips, they have accomplished goals and