Boundaries: Who Needs Them?
WE ALL DO! I tell students they will never outgrow their need for boundaries. And the sooner they learn to establish and maintain them the easier it will be for them to do so later in life. The flip…
TRUTH that Sets them Free!
Every word that came out of your mouth was the truth. The truth shall set me free now thanks to you. ~High School Student Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth—that’s what teenagers want, but…
An Angel with a crooked halo
If you read my very first blog post, you may recall me stating that this blog is my attempt to sound the alarm and let adults know how much this generation of youth NEEDS us! The letter below…
How do children spell “LOVE?”
While shopping during the Christmas holidays, I overheard a customer complaining about all of the expensive items on her son’s Christmas list, which she had no intention of buying him, by the way. She then asked a 14-year-old young man…
What is good for the goose is good for the gander
I had a conversation with a 16-year-old young man today who was scared he might have gotten a girl pregnant. Although they didn’t go “all the way”, they had done enough for him to be afraid she may have gotten pregnant. He…
When Silence is NOT Golden
When you mentioned the parents not giving their child the ‘talk’, I kind of related. My mother had me when she was roughly 13. She has not given me that talk yet. Knowing that, I do sometimes think it’s okay to…