Ouch! That hurts both for the girl and to know I too, at times, have been the mom. What a great reminder for me that our time with them is so fleeting and to love to talk with them is vital. If I don't teach them, I know that the media and society w…
Great video. It is always great to look back and look now and look with joyful anticipation for their future (without any preconceived plans for them!). Thanks for sharing this!
Hi Debbie - Welcome. I am like you too. The more we parents link arms and share ideas, troubles, skills, the better parents we are. Look forward to walking this path with you too.
I like your idea on discussion starter. I am going try starting with that. I think some of it is the "independence" muscle, too. She is definitey trying it in other areas and when we give her the latitude she wants, she says, 'oh it's okay the way i…
A question--has your daughter actually "turn[ed] away" from your religious views, or is she acting on her adolescent desire for "independence"? This is an important discussion starter: "What is it about going to church as a family that makes you not…
Jami - I agree. It didn't take me long to realize telling them say "sorry" felt hollow and forced. So after a while, I started the consequences like you stated in 9. And I added something I learned from the Total Transformation. I would say "I would…
I like that "recovering network marketer". We are that too. We love our company's products but are extremely discouraged with keeping our clients "residually" interested. We saw how hard our upline had to work to keep their income going and thought…
I remember thinking at the finale of last season, Jon does not want to continue doing the show and Kate does. I hopedthey could reach an agreement. They haven't obviously. It would seem that continuing working on the show instead of their marriage i…
Yeah, we think it works. Seems to make a difference to Sean anyway. He's got some behavioral problems, and he seems to do much better when he has his drops.
Heather H said:Hey Matt,I used to be really opposed to meds too. Now I am a HUGE believer.…