by Susan Evans One of my recent clients has spent the last several years as a stay-at-home mom. Her youngest is in the midst of the college application process which has her contemplating what she wants to do after her last child leaves the nest. However, the thought of getting back into the …
Parenting
Of Dads and Daughters
By Janelle Nisly My father attended my college graduations, both of them, under duress -- from my mother’s firm conviction that supporting his daughter was more important than his comfort. A taciturn Kansas farmer who attended school through 8th grade, he spent his life on wind-swept plains …
An Insiders Guide To Teenage Communications
(aka Parenting Skills I Wished I Had 10 Years Ago) As the stepmother of 2 grown stepsons, I can't help but look back on their child-rearing and wonder. The boys would spend one week at our house and the next at their mother's house. While the spiritual beliefs of the individual families …