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Mental Health Week in Review: May 11-18

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It’s been a big week for family relationships in Mental Health this week as we looked at further ways of setting healthy limits for your children in Setting Healthy Boundaries for Your Children (3) and Setting Healthy Boundaries for Your Children (4). These two blogs complement the first to in this series when we talked about how it is important for parents to teach their children that they can, in fact, deal very well with the word “No”. In fact, it is imperative to their future health and happiness that they do learn how to deal maturely with the N-word. … Continue reading →

Stress and Women

A recent survey from the American Psychological Association found that more than eighty percent of women experience physical symptoms of stress like fatigue and headaches on a regular basis. Are you one of them? The thing is, most women think they’re managing their stress well. In the survey from the American Psychological Association, eighty-one percent of women said they were managing their stress “extremely well” or “somewhat well”. Despite that, eighty-one percent of women complained of physical symptoms of stress. How do you know if you’re stressed? Physical symptoms like headache, fatigue, and muscle tension. Impaired ability to focus or … Continue reading →

What Do I Say When People Ask Me About Teenagers?

Fairly regularly, people ask me what it is REALLY like living with three high-school age teenagers? Friends and acquaintances will want to know if it is as “horrible” as they have heard? If it is all sex, drugs, and bad behavior? Someone will watch a television program or read a newspaper headline and they will want to know firsthand, what teenagers are like “now days.” Well, all I can do is answer the truth as I know it… As many of you know, I actually LIKE my kids and I enjoy the teenage phase. In reality, there have been such … Continue reading →

Teach Your Children Why They Should Manage Money

You can teach your children how to budget, how to save, and how to shop sales, but if you neglect to teach them why they should do these things, it will doesn’t matter that you taught them everything else. It is important for your children to learn the reasons that money management is so important. This will help to motivate them to do it the right way when they grow older. Here are four things you can do to teach them. 1) You can show your children what happens when money is managed poorly. One way is to give them … Continue reading →

What Can We do With Disappointment?

I’ve written before about guilt and what an unproductive thing this can be for parents and families. But saying NOT to put guilt trips on our kids and use guilt as a motivator in our families is much easier to say than it is to do. In reality, sometimes we feel disappointed as parents. We might be disappointed in a choice our child has made, behaviors, or in the way things have turned out. What can we do with that disappointment to keep from dumping it all onto our child? I’ve had friends tell me that the most painful thing … Continue reading →

Letting Them Really “BE” Teenagers

Teenagers have a way of making you forget they are still kids. Sometimes, they can seem so self-composed, so wise, so responsible, that you forget that they are not already solid adults. They’re not. One door-slamming temper tantrum or an “I forgot” and you’ll come crashing back to reality. The fact is, we have to let our kids really BE teenagers—not kids, and definitely not adults. I try to talk to and treat my teens “as if” they are adults. This doesn’t mean that I am in any way fooled into thinking they are already there in terms of maturity … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for February 10-February 16

Good morning! It’s been a bit crazy around here the last week or so I’m gearing up for a surgery in just a week. I’ll be a bit scarce here and there, but you will be in excellent hands with Sherry. So while I may hope you miss me some, I don’t intend for you to miss me for long. But that’s all for next week, for now, let’s look at the week we just finished off. This was a big week for many of us, celebrating Valentine’s Day and World Marriage Day all in one week! Saturday, February 10 … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week In Review November 29, 2006

Most people just freeze up when the word insurance comes up in a conversation. Sometimes I feel like I know what it’s like to be a celebrity or doctor at the party. People will ask every little insurance question, or tell about a claim they have had, or the worse, talk about how an insurance company ripped them off. Understanding the actual role insurance should play in the lives of my family makes those situations in my life humors. I can usually figure out exactly why someone is upset or happy about their insurance experience within a few words of … Continue reading →

The Enigma of the Wi-Fi Allergy

Schools have started getting better about understanding allergies. Some schools have banned peanut butter in an effort to keep kids with peanut allergies safe. The Wi-Fi allergy, however, is still an enigma. What is an allergy? According to the Mayo Clinic, allergies occur when a person’s immune system reacts to a foreign substance (pollen, bee venom, peanuts) that doesn’t cause a reaction in most people. Symptoms of allergies can range from sneezing to hives to anaphylaxis. Allergies cannot be cured, but some can be managed. The best way to manage an allergy is for people to avoid the things that … Continue reading →

Teen Challenges: Attitudes

I started off this new series on teen challenges with the issue of lying.  Today’s parenting topic is the challenge of dealing with teen attitudes. At some point even the most compliant, “model” child will display some version of an attitude.  It could be eye-rolling, clucking of the tongue, shaking of the head, arms folded, feet stamping, or words such as “Whatever,” “Oh my gosh!” or even, “I hate you!” Attitudes can also include doors slamming, objects being tossed and storming off to sulk. Some are less dramatic, while others go all out. I wish I could tell you that … Continue reading →