Parenting adults can be a challenge. When do you help and when do you step back? What actions empower and which cripple? I have more questions than answers these days. This is a new dance and I am still learning the steps. But I have experimented with some ideas about how to keep lines of communication open and conversations flow.
Read MorePerhaps our permissive and entitled culture has contributed to a generation of kids who have lost the ability to see right from wrong and to rule themselves. If I hadn't told my kids no, how would they have grown up with the ability to tell themselves no?
Read MoreI am grateful that my worst day occurred far from Facebook, cameras, and the accusations of the world. We are so quick these days to point the finger, assign blame, and demand retribution and punishment- all on the few facts we read at the moment.
Read MoreI raised my kids to go. I never wanted them to be unadventurous. I desired them to dream big dreams, slay mighty giants, and conquer the land. But is it still too much to wish they came home for dinner?
Read MoreIn extraordinary times I cannot expect things to be normal or for everything to get done. But it is hard to adjust my sails and change my expectations.
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