Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill) Often failure teaches you what you need to know....

Failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.              (Arianna Huffington)   We have all bought the lie that there is no...

Never dull your shine for somebody else. (Tyra Banks).   We want our teens to have meaningful and healthy relationships both in personal and...

Trust each other again and again, that is what parenting is about. (Desiree Panlilio). Take a moment and ask yourself, “What is trust? How does my...

Trust is a changing scale. (Desiree Panlilio). “What were you thinking!!!” I know as a parent each of us has thought that, perhaps said it out loud,...

Trust, but verify. (Ronald Reagan)   Teenagers are in the most impressionable years of their development. They are vulnerable to numerous...

The hardest part of parenting is realizing that it is your circus, and those definitely are your monkeys. (Sarcastic Mommy). Our teens are fun,...

Parenting is tough but the rewards are priceless. (Desiree Panlilio).   Parenting is tough, and just as we are gaining understanding of our...

We are our teens biggest role models. We shape their behavior and how they interact with their environment. (Desiree Panlilio).   The best...

We all make mistakes. But social media can frame those mistakes and display them infinitely.(Unknown). The landscape of social media is...

Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t want plastered on a billboard in Time Square with your face on it. (Desiree Panlilio). That was my go-to...

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.(Douglas Pagels) As parents we want our teen to have...