by Kim | Feb 1, 2021 | Decision Making Tips for Teens, Teens
In This Series Decision Making Tips for TeensWhen God’s Will Is Unclear4 Doors of Discernment (this article) I have more decision-making tips to share from Fr. Mike Schmitz! Previous Posts I’ve done two previous posts on guiding teenagers in discernment and...
by Kim | Jan 19, 2021 | Decision Making Tips for Teens, Teens
In This Series Decision Making Tips for Teens When God’s Will Is Unclear (this article)4 Doors of Discernment More decision making skills for our older kids and teens! As I explained in this post, I’m doing some discernment work with my high school senior as she...
by Kim | Jan 11, 2021 | Decision Making Tips for Teens, Teens
In This Series Decision Making Tips for Teens (this article)When God’s Will Is Unclear4 Doors of Discernment In the next few months my 17-year-old daughter will need to decide where she will attend college next year. She has narrowed it down to two schools, and...
by Kim | Nov 10, 2019 | Aggression, Common Problems, Featured Posts, Gentle Discipline, Teens, Toddlers
Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up. -Galatians 6:9 Do you have a child (or two) who digs in his heals sometimes and refuses to do what you ask? Maybe when you call him for dinner he ignores you, or when...
by Kim | Aug 27, 2019 | Ages and Stages, Signs of Emotional Health, Teens
“Do not conform yourselves to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:2 In my first post on the signs of emotional health in kids, I talked...
by Kim | Jan 29, 2017 | Ages and Stages, Teens
In my last post, I laid out what I consider 3 fundamental developmental tasks of the late teen years: 1) moving toward interdependence 2) clarifying identity, and 3) grieving the loss of childhood. Not all teens transition successfully into adulthood. Some fail to...
