You feel a lot of pain as your adolescent is pushing away from you to gain their independence. What is happening?
Where Do They Rate on the Thankfulness Scale?
On a thankfulness scale of 1-5 (with 5 being the best), where would you place your adolescent?
When they were just young children, we could ask them to say “thank you” at the appropriate times and most children willingly made the correct response. Now that they are older, you just have to hope for the best. [Read more…]
Changes in the Scrotum: Early Puberty in Boys Ages 8-10
Celebrate Puberty Moments are brief mini-lessons about puberty from me to you.
The topic for this month: Changes in the Scrotum
Changes in the scrotum begin to happen when boys are entering early puberty at about 8-10 years old. [Read more…]
A Change in Body Odor – Boys 8 – 10 | Celebrate Puberty Moments
Celebrate Puberty Moments are brief mini-lessons about puberty from me to you. Each month, I introduce a small topic about changes in your child’s body during puberty that you can discuss with your child during the month.
The content is for a special group of kids. This one is for parents of sons who are 8-10 years old.
Our book I’m a Boy, My Changing Body is most appropriate for your son at this age. [Read more…]
Family Dinner, And a Little Competition | Video
Recently my entire family went on vacation together, as we do each year.
This year, my son, two of his daughters (one pictured at right) and myself, even entered a group cooking competition at the camp! I won’t spoil the results, but I let you know in the video. [Read more…]
