This Full House Archive

Tag: parenting tips for teens

  • Help teens get a great start in the morning, for real!

    Jim Craig and Me

    As a Kellogg’s KChamps partner, I had the extreme pleasure of meeting with U.S. Olympic legends (that’s me over there, standing with 1980 Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist…Jim Craig…seriously?!?) and athlete hopefuls representing Team USA to help kick-off the 100 day countdown to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

    I know, who ever thought a dork like me would EVER be able to say that, out loud, RIGHT?!?

    Kellogg’s is also an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams and, now that we are just a few days away from the opening ceremonies for the winter games (February 7th, whoot!!!), I am super-excited to join the Kellogg’s Team USA athletes in kicking-off the Great Starts Program for 2014 AND help share in their Olympic journey!

    This month, they’ve challenged me…personally…to share tips to help other families with teens get the best possible start to their mornings: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

    Aaaaand, if you know me…personally and/or virtually…then you know how I like to keep it real AND snarky.

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  • Note to self: for the days you feel like you’re not doing a good job, read this blog post!

    This Full House CompleteTwo out of four of my kids are not very happy with me at the moment and — especially if you have kids who can use both hands and feet to quantify their age — most parents would be all like…good…it means you are doing your job.

    Right.  So, I'll just go ahead and file it under "really sucky aspects of raising teens" and be thankful that I'm not required to submit a work performance assessment or self-evaluation or anything.

    Because, all we parents have to do is look at our own kids.

    Long story, short (you're welcome!): the really, REALLY challenging part of parenting teenagers — besides pretending that it doesn't hurt when your own kids begin to question your parenting skills — is pretending that it doesn't hurt when YOU begin to question YOUR OWN parenting skills.

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