Are you looking forward to your young adult launching into the world or dreading it? In the movie, Failure to Launch, the mom spoils her son by doing his laundry and fixing special meals for him, yet she appears frustrated and worried that he’s not growing up. She admits later in the movie that she’s actually afraid of having an…
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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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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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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.” – 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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