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5 Tips for Navigating College Break

When your college kid comes home for break, everything feels familiar and at the same time, completely different. It can be cozy and joyful… full of familiar routines, late-night conversations, and the comfort of having everyone under one roof again.…

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Advice To Our Teenage Selves

On our recent book tour for All You Can Be with ADHD, Penn and I met so many amazing kids — some as young as twelve — who told us they listen to our Laugh Lines podcast. I was floored…

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10 Questions to Ask Your College Kid

There are few things more emotional than Parents Weekend. You spend weeks counting down, imagining the reunion, the hugs, the chance to see your college kid thriving in their new world—and then, suddenly, they’re right in front of you. (And…

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5 Ways To Raise Confident ADHD Kids

Parenting a child with ADHD is equal parts rewarding and exhausting. Some days, you’re celebrating their creativity and brilliance. Other days, you’re wondering if they’ll remember to turn in their homework or sit through breakfast without doing laps around the…

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Not an Empty Nest, An Open Door

I thought I was doing pretty well in the weeks after college drop-off. After all, I managed to make it two whole days without crying. Two days! I even bragged about it to my friends, like one of those “days…

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5 Distractions After College Drop-Off

Friends, we did it. We officially dropped our daughter off at college. I thought I had braced myself for this moment. (After all, I’ve been thinking about it since before she was born. More on that in the podcast.) But…

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What I Learned About Gen Z From My Son

I love being a Gen X Mom. I’ll proudly admit I once got very excited about a new CD tower and spent hours organizing it by genre. Our generation had to deal with calling crushes on landlines and talking to…

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What Makes Exceptional Families Tick?

I guess you could say I’m in the “second-guessing” stage of parenting. Penn and I are very aware that we don’t have many more years “on the record” with our kids. Especially with a child who is about to go…

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Parenting Isn’t About You

When we wrote our book Everybody Fights, So Why Not Get Better At It we talked about magic words in a relationship. There are phrases you can say during discussions or arguments that help bring down the temperature or help…

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Talking To Kids About Politics

Over the last couple of years, the political climate has become … contentious. It’s caused families to shy away from discussing politics and government with their children. Despite that, studies show teens still think it’s important to follow current events,…

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