Helping Families Find Freedom
I received the story below from a local mom. She shared her dilemma of when to intervene with her special needs son and when to step back and observe. What would you have done? Marianne, I was hoping that you could tell me what you would have done in this situation. I have a five-year-old read more…
Perhaps the greatest challenge of being “popular” or “cool” is maintaining honest, loyal friendships. By its very nature, cool is fickle. It changes with regularity and to stay cool you have to work to be able to keep up. For two decades, I’ve been observing friendship dramas in middle schools and little has changed over read more…
I’ll never forget the advice I heard from a mom of teens when all four of my boys were not even in school yet. She told me, “Trust me, you don’t want your kids to be popular.” At first this surprised me. Of course I wanted other kids to like my boys. I sure liked read more…
