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Why Your Pre-Teen Quit Playing Sports

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One way to encourage your child to get a healthy amount of exercise is to make it fun. Sports offer kids the ability to exercise while having fun, the chance to learn how to play as a team, and a good way to develop athletic skills. Despite these benefits, 70% of kids quit sports by the age of 13. Here are some reasons why that happens. It stopped being fun. Have you ever watched kindergartners play soccer against another team of kindergarteners? What happens is both adorable and amusing. They sit down when they get tired, and start playing with … Continue reading →

Parents Acting Like Teens

We all know on of those mothers who parade around in her teenagers clothes or the one whose home is the teenage hangout and she’s the life of the party. What about the dad who tries to use the latest catch phrases and tries to dance like his teenage son’s friends. If this sounds familiar because it is you… stop doing that. There is a commercial right now where the daughter says something to the effect of “mom, just because we’re FaceBook friends doesn’t mean you can write I love you all over may wall”, then the son says “dad … Continue reading →

Can Parents Ever Compete With a Teen’s Friends?

Recently, there was an article in our local newspaper that shared “surprise” information. According to the article, teens actually like hanging out with their families and value their relationships with their parents. When I brought this article up at the dinner table with my own teens, they scoffed and remarked: “Where do they get this stuff?” Regardless of whether my teens would admit to liking me in a blind study or not, in reality, most parents of teens are in direct competition with the peer group. Sure, I’ve got money and I know how to cook and do laundry, but … Continue reading →

Who Says Homeschoolers Don’t Have a Prom?

I am a bit embarrassed to admit this (not for me but for those who ask me), that after the two big questions: are you qualified to do this, and what about socialization–the next most popular objection to home schooling that I get is that my kids will miss prom. Apparently, prom is an all American rite of passage but even homeschoolers provide alternatives to their kids for the big night! Have a prom For one Midland area home schooling group in Southern Carolina the answer is obvious. Parents and students worked together to provide a prom on their own … Continue reading →