Parents want to protect their children, especially from alcohol, high risk behaviors and prescription drug abuse. Grades, winning, being a leader, joining the right club, getting into the college of your choice, being liked on social media, what to do and who to be—these are all things that create huge pressure for our teens and twenty somethings. One of the ways teens are dealing with that [...]
Bullying is a growing problem. We worry about our child becoming a victim and don’t want them to be hurt and embarrassed. As parents if we find out our kid is being bullied we do everything we can to get it to stop. But what if you don’t know it’s happening? And what if the emotional pain doesn’t go away when it stops? On today’s episode of the Mighty Parenting Podcast, Judy Davis and [...]
We hear a lot of frustrated and worried parents commenting on the way kids handle, or rather can’t handle disappointment. From not being able to buy the gadget they want, not making the team or getting a bad grade, to not achieving 1st chair in orchestra or getting praise from their boss, teens and college students are struggling with disappointment and failure. In this episode of the Mighty [...]
Raising teens and parenting young adults in today's world presents huge challenges for parents. The Mighty Parenting podcast provides solutions and strategies. Co-hosts, Judy Davis and Sandy Fowler, interview experts, share stories, and get real, raw, and relevant as they dig in to the problems of parenting in the 21st century. A DASIUM initiative, the Mighty Parenting podcast is a weekly show[...]