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The Untold Secret of Building Trust.
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...
Does Broken Trust mean Broken Relationship?
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,...
Teaching Distrust?
Trust, but verify. (Ronald Reagan) Teenagers are in the most impressionable years of their development. They are vulnerable to numerous...
What Our Teen Wants Us To Know.
The hardest part of parenting is realizing that it is your circus, and those definitely are your monkeys. (Sarcastic Mommy). Our teens are fun,...
The Game Plan for Parenting your Teen.
Parenting is tough but the rewards are priceless. (Desiree Panlilio). Parenting is tough, and just as we are gaining understanding of our...
What Can Parents do About Social Media?
We are our teens biggest role models. We shape their behavior and how they interact with their environment. (Desiree Panlilio). The best...
There is Good in Teen Social Media.
We all make mistakes. But social media can frame those mistakes and display them infinitely.(Unknown). The landscape of social media is...
Social Engagement or Catastrophe?
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...
We All Want to Belong.
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...
Changing Friendships in the Teen Years.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. (Walter Winchell) Our teens are likely to experience friendship...
Support your teen friendships. But How?
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. (John Leonard) We all want our teen to have friends, but can we be too involved? Can we be trying too...
Teen Friendship
Friendship isn’t a big thing - it is a million little things (Paulo Coelho) The teenage years can be a tumultuous time, and to make sure teens stay...