Archive of On the Go Answers from the Ultimate Mother-Daughter Duo

Sil & Eliza Reynolds

How 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 […]

She Watches How You Eat (And How That Can Be A Great Thing)

Your preteen or teen daughter is watching how you eat (she has been watching you her whole life). And before you have a stress moment, take a deep breath… this can be a great thing. Our world is crazy when it comes to food. Right? At a local dinner party, if you went around the […]

Chill, You’re Not a Helicopter Mom

Have you ever been told to ‘let your daughter go’? To ‘stop hovering,’ or to ‘let her be more independent’? Then perhaps you’ve been accused of being a helicopter mom. It’s a loaded term that launched a media frenzy a few years ago: a mom who is overinvolved in her daughter’s life, thereby inhibiting her […]