by PureJoyParenting | Jun 30, 2009 | Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Struggling Teen
Being a single parent, I move into overwhelm when I have too much on my plate. Trying to make sure that everything gets done, often doesn’t leave a lot of down time to take care of me. Unfortunately, when I am overwhelmed, my daughter, joins right in. She...
by PureJoyParenting | Jun 25, 2009 | Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Struggling Teen
What we focus on is what we will see. When I find myself focusing on all the things my daughter is doing that I judge as negative, I often find even more. When I’m tired and down on myself, I can walk in the house and within 2 minutes see everything that she...
by PureJoyParenting | Jun 21, 2009 | Parenting Advice, Struggling Teen
Usually when I work with a family that has a struggling teen, I begin the work with the parents struggle. So often we want to “fix” our teen because we think they are the problem. We assume since they have brought so much discomfort to us, and the...
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