I couldn’t believe it when my daughter asked if I had 15-minutes to waste on Sunday evening.
She had just created a 15-minute flash video with music and special effects layered over original artwork and photographs all created by her.
The fact that she asked if I had 15-minutes “to waste” I know was my daughter’s [...]

The following is a guest post by Kelly McCausey.
To be painfully honest, I used to worry about these days I now live in.  My son is eighteen and he is on his way to leading his own life.  He has his own agenda and doesn’t have to ask me permission for much of [...]

Now that our eldest is off to college it’s been sort of quiet at the house with the just the three of us there.  Without “big sister” there for William to annoy the playful (and not so playful) yelling - “Get of my room”, etc. - has ceased.
I’m alright with that, it’s natural, kids grow [...]

One of the things I’ve learned is that it isn’t enough to “tell” your teen to be active since we know teens aren’t known for being overly receptive to parental advice.   As a parent you have to be pretty creative as well.  It will take the both of you to make this happen.
A couple of [...]

Up until now I had mercifully been spared the whole issue of establishing curfews. My teen son seemed quite happy to stay home during the week with his family. He was also quite happy with our arrangement of no malls and no driving in cars driven by teens.
Well that all seems to be changing now.  [...]

Do you remember that there was a time when you wouldn’t let your child put anything in their mouth that you hadn’t first sanitized and inspected with an eagle eye? Remember going over with them in careful detail how important it was to look both ways before crossing the street?
Well today those children are teens [...]