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Launch Your Young Adult

Parenting

26 Jul

Hi! I’m Karen! I’m a parent of three grown kids and a former coach for educators. While mentoring new teachers during their first year of teaching, I discovered something surprising. The same coaching strategies I used to equip teachers to thrive in the classroom were just as effective for guiding my own young adults to solve their own problems and…
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I Love Picture Books!

Writing

24 Jul

Hi! I’m Karen! I’m a children’s picture book author, who’s kind of obsessed with kid’s stories. If I find myself in Barnes and Noble, I’m uncontrollably drawn to the children’s section, like Augustus Gloop is drawn to chocolate. In my former career as an elementary teacher, story time was always my favorite part of the day. There’s nothing like casting…
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I Believe In You

Parenting

13 Jul

One of my favorite scenes in the movie, The Help, is when the nanny says to the little girl, “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” Everyone needs someone who believes in them like that and shows them who they can be. Words are so powerful. We have the ability to instill in our grown kids a confidence to tackle…
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Keep a Tether of Love

Parenting

8 Jul

“Keep a tether of love.” – Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family Are you going through a difficult season with your young adult? During one of my not-so-fun parenting seasons, I heard Jim Daly, the president of Focus on the Family, say something that resonated with me, “Keep a tether of love.” It became the yardstick by which…
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Treat Your Young Adult Like A Friend

Parenting

25 Jun

Wanting to delay adulthood and taking longer to settle into a career is a typical scenario for most young adults today. As you come alongside your grown child during this difficult season, make sure you’re not trying to control or fix them in the process. One recently divorced young adult friend of mine said to her parents, “I just want…
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Karen Pickrell

Hi, I'm Karen. An author, blogger, and recovering Words With Friends addict. I write children's picture books. I also help parents empower their young adult to launch successfully into the big, wide world while developing a closer relationship with them in the process.

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