The Emotional Effect of Moving with Teenagers

May 1, 2024 By: Mirandacomment

Moving with teenagers is no joke! If you are chatting to another mom of teens, you will get instant sympathy if you say, “We are moving, and my teen is in high school.” We all know or can imagine the struggle of taking a teenager out of their familiar environment. And as their mom, it is challenging to walk with your teen through this time in their life when they have to say good-bye.

Two years ago, when we moved our family to another state, it was really hard. And, unfortunately, we upended our daughter’s life too. You may be facing a move this summer. And if you are going to be moving with teenagers here are a lots of helpful ideas to counterbalance the emotional effect of moving with teenagers.

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Creating Family Goals with Teenagers

October 30, 2023 By: Mirandacomment

Creating Family Goals with Teenagers: A Practical Guide

From the moment our kids are born, we started setting goals for them. But the real magic occurs when we teach our tweens and teens to create and set goals for themselves. Then we can involve our teens in setting goals together as a family. Creating family goals with teenagers will teach teenagers how to set goals, strengthen your family bond, and allow your teens to truly see the up and downs to achieving goals. [Read more…]

Mom’s Guide to Coping with Empty Nest Syndrome

September 7, 2023 By: Mirandacomment

After all the graduation parties are over, you find yourself left with just an empty house. The loss feels so deep. And though your friends may all seem fine, you feel like your world has shaken. When a teen leaves home for college or for the military, a season in a mom’s life has ended. And it is normal to feel sad. Here is a mom’s guide to coping with empty nest syndrome to help you through those first hard weeks. [Read more…]

Bullet Journal Ideas for Teenagers

August 17, 2023 By: Mirandacomment

Bullet Journal Ideas for Teenagers: Fun and Creative Spreads to Inspire

Back to School season is the perfect time to get more organized. And one of the perfect tools to give your teen is teaching them how to track and plan out their school week. The more organized and on top of their school tasks they are, the more successful at school they will feel. Each teenager is a little different in how they want to organize and plan out their week. But bullet journaling is a perfect way to test out using a physical planner to help your high schooler be more organized this year. Here are some bullet journal ideas for teenagers to get the creative juices flowing! [Read more…]

Outdoor Job for Teenagers: Summer Farmhand Job Survival Tips!

May 19, 2023 By: Miranda2 Comments

With the surge in popularity of homesteading and TV shows like Yellowstone, cattle farming and ranching have experienced a renewed interest. Does your teenagers love the idea of working outside, as a farm or ranch hand? A great outdoor job for teenager is working as a farmhand! Whatever your teenager’s future plans, a farmhand job will help your teen gain valuable work experience and begin to learn the ins and outs of working on a farm. We have hired a fair amount of farm help, trained three of our own kids, and I’ve (almost) completed my transformation from city girl to farm girl. So there are definitely things you need to know to stay safe and be a successful farmhand. Here are 15 tips to survive your outdoor job as a teenager and thrive as a summer farmhand. [Read more…]

Learning By Doing: Examples of Experiential Learning for Teenagers

April 19, 2023 By: Mirandacomment

Are your teens disengaged? Frustrated with school? Apathetic about learning? Let’s talk about experiential learning as a tool for bringing a passion for learning and self-sufficiency back into the lives of your teens. Check out how learning by doing can make a difference for your family with these examples of experiential learning for teenagers!

Sara Segar is our guest writer this week. Sara is a former high school teacher with ten years of classroom experience. Currently, she writes at Experiential Learning Depot. And she will be sharing about how Experiential Learning can help your teen become more engaged at school! [Read more…]

How Major Choice is Helping Teenagers Choose A Career Path

March 7, 2023 By: Mirandacomment

Why do we act like some things in life, such as career planning for our teens, is such a mystery? That we just have to blindly hope that our teen will somehow figure it out on their own. With the cost of college continuing to rise, every year, we can’t afford to allow career planning to remain obscured. Yes, your teen may magically discover what they are called to do with their life while at college. Or they may just spend thousands of dollars to end up with a oh so useful history degree (gulp). Thankfully, there is support and help, for your teen, with career planning! Major Choice is cutting through the misconceptions and carving a clear path to helping teenagers choose a career path. [Read more…]

10 Fun Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your Teenager

February 2, 2023 By: Mirandacomment

Valentine’s Day was a pretty big day during my teenage years, as I went to an all girl high school. Some of the girls would receive big bouquets of flowers on Valentine’s Day, delivered right to the school. If you were single, like me, you felt a bit lonely! My dad even tried to send me flowers one year, only to have them NOT come on Valentine’s Day but instead, awkwardly come the next day! Thanks for trying, Dad. So while I have struggled through my fair share of sad Valentine’s Day, I have turned the tables on Valentine’s Day making it a FUN day for all my friends and family that I love. So here are 10 fun ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your teenager that will leave them with lots of positive memories. [Read more…]

When Your Lonely Teenager Has No Friends

January 18, 2023 By: Mirandacomment

My heart broke when I heard what my teen had to say. When one of my teens was around middle school age, they came to me and told me how left out they felt among their peers. As things do in junior high, the friend groups had shifted. It can be startling as a parent, when everything in the friend arena shifts for your tween and early teen, in junior high. Personally, I felt caught off guard by the middle school age transitions. Suddenly, your tween, that seemed to have friends before can be left alone as cliques form. How do you help your lonely teenager with no friends form connections with those around them and make friends when it doesn’t come easily? [Read more…]