The "perfect" holiday does not exist!  Does this statement relieve you or give you stress? We know this intellectually but actually letting ourselves enjoy the holiday season without the idea of perfection can be a different story.  Teenagers have a magical way of shattering our perfect holiday...

Seeing our children at any age as "ours" seems reasonable right?  It makes sense why we see it this way but it is also very problematic from a standpoint of providing our teenagers with the autonomy they need to grow and become independent. This weeks episode explores this further and the reason...

I know what you're thinking because I've thought it too. If I just accept things that means I like them, condone them or am not going to do anything about it? This is not true and in fact the reality is when something has happened that we don't like, we spend so much wasted time and energy...