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Talk to Your Teen About Drinking

Although my almost 16 year old son has no interest in attending dances or the upcoming prom, I have other friends whose teenagers are getting ready for these celebrations. They are busy picking out dresses, talking about who they are going with and what they will do. If I were to guess I would bet that most of my friends will be sending their teens off without taking time to talk about drinking. I don’t say that because they don’t care but I think too often there is an assumption that teens should know better. There may be the false … Continue reading →

You Get What You Pay For

This is my father in law’s justification to never buy cheap items. It took years to convince him that inexpensive does not always mean cheap. Some things have reduced prices because a new model has just been made. Other items have low prices because because they don’t come with alot of bells and whistles. Cheapism.com is a new website that proves that you can buy things for less money, and get the true value of your money. There’s nothing worse than buying a less expensive item trying to be frugal only to have to replace it in a few months. … Continue reading →

Where Are All The Towels Going?

It’s summer…yup, it is definitely summer in my house-full-o-teens and this year so far summer has meant lots of trips to the grocery store, the ever-ringing phone, other parents calling to see if I have seen their offspring, me trying to piece together work during all sorts of strange hours, and a perpetually-sparse linen closet. This seems to be the summer that the towels are really getting a work-out… I heard my two older daughters this morning getting ready to go for a swim in the pool. Since it is supposed to be nearly 90 degrees on this typical Fourth … Continue reading →

Try Not to Pre-Judge Your Child’s Friends

Pre-judging and judgment in general is a weakness of mine. I am not proud of it, but I do know that I have to work hard not to pass judgment, come up with preconceived ideas and notions about people and things and I have found that in parenting, this is really something I’ve had to work on. Now that my children are teenagers, they call me on it, but, even with all the work I do, I still have a hard time not making judgment calls about my children’s friends. The problem with pre-judging our kids’ friends before we get … Continue reading →