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Expressing Frustration

Here’s the thing—I have three high-school aged teenagers, each of them is one year apart in school and a little more than one year apart in age. I love them, I adore them, I am often inspired by them—but they have a regular tendency to frustrate the living daylights out of me! I would like to go on record that I think it is perfectly appropriate and healthy for a parent to be able to express her frustration at her charges and offspring now and again… According to all the experts, in all in the HOW we express ourselves to … Continue reading →

Communicating With Kids Using E-mail and Instant Messages

I confess, I have stooped to my kids’ level–or to hear them describe it, they might say that I have RISEN to their level. I actually use e-mail and instant messaging (I haven’t mastered “texting”) to communicate and stay in touch with my teenagers. There is something completely un-charged about e-mail. I think that I communicate differently with my kids in writing and we show different sides of ourselves in our written notes that we do when we are face to face. As a matter of fact, during some of the snarkiest phases, talking face to face has been downright … Continue reading →