School has started, schedules have begun to get busy and you're dealing with a difficult teenager. You may sit there asking yourself, "How am I going to make it through the year?" As much as teens can be difficult to live with it, it is important to remember that your job is to engage in their lives and help parent them through these vital years. I like to call it the sacred seven to parenting teens. Be engaged. The first step of alleviating future problems or solving current

You may not be aware that eating a meal together as a family could change your children's lives. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA Columbia) at Columbia University found that teenagers who never sit down for family dinners are four times more likely to use tobacco, twice as likely to drink alcohol and two and a half times as likely to smoke marijuana. Those are some pretty scary statistics for parents like myself. I know with today's busy schedules i

I think by now most students have started another year of school. I know my three kiddos have. It was strange to see my son leave for his...