“Hey honey, how was your day?” “Fine.” The one word answer. Oh, mama, do we know that one. Right? You try to ask a simple intelligible question to your girl about her day and you may as well be talking to a brick wall for all the answer you get. Or a brick wall that […]
Read MoreHow to Give Your Daughter Space and Stay Connected (at the same time)
It’s a paradox. How do we stay connected with our teen daughter, and yet give her space? She blows hot and cold. One moment we’re the dorkiest, weirdest mom on the earth and she’s shying away from us at the grocery store (What? A good dancing song came on!). Later that night she wants to […]
Read MoreHer Cell Phone, Your New Best Friend (Kinda).
We get asked this one a lot. Technology + Mother-Daughter Relationships. (Technology + any relationship for that matter). How do I set boundaries with her? What boundaries do I set? How do I know she’s safe? (Like, heck, I don’t even understand most of these new apps). I don’t want to be this awful mean […]
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