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Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas For Your Teen Daughter
Don’t stress about finding a teen girl a last-minute Christmas gift. Yo, we haven’t even started our Christmas shopping, and I’m sitting here chilling like we have 365 days to go. Let me help you with last-minute Christmas gift ideas for teen girls in your life. No worries, no worries at all. I’m here to save your blood pressure.
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What It’s Like Being The Oldest Sister During The Teen Years
It’s exhausting being the smartest, prettiest, and overall best sister. That’s really all I have to say. I am the oldest of three while being the best. I can only imagine how my sisters feel trying to reach my level. I actually feel kind of bad for them. LOL imagine. I’m just joking. My sisters are great, doing great things, and I love them. In my MomJonz voice, “I will throat punch you if you mess with one of them.”
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A Teen’s Honest Look At Part 2 of Distance Learning
From March to June of last school year, online school was a breeze! Your grade couldn’t go down, only up. Classes were two days out of the week, so assignments weren’t due until that next week. Even the assignments weren’t even hard, most of it felt like busy work. Then on top of that, I was told by all of my teachers that we would be back to the regularly scheduled program by August.
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Distance Learning – Should I Let My Teen Set Up Shop From Their Bedroom
Distance learning is in full effect for the school year 2020-2021. We started distance learning today, September 8. Once it was confirmed that our school year would begin 100% online, I swore up and down to my husband that our teenagers would NOT set up shop in their rooms. They were going to come down every morning and do work either in the kitchen, dining room, living room, or basement. I mean, either of these rooms would be a pretty sweet set up. Well…that didn’t happen. Orientation took place last week, and we agreed the kids could set up wherever they wanted because it wasn’t a full day. You can…
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Best Tip In Handling Distance Learning
Distance learning is happening this year. It’s 2020, the school year of COIVD-19, and many kids are heading back to school online. As a matter of fact, some have already started. Our kids have not. Our school system delayed the start of the year by a couple of weeks. So, we will begin after Labor Day. I guess they are getting their life together as I like to say. And giving us parents time to get ours together too.
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What Are Tweens Doing During Quarantine
I asked my kids to write a little something that I could share to let other moms know what my kids are doing during quarantine as we continue to face COVID-19. Fashion Diva Girl stepped up to plate. And she presented a contract for me to sign too. Darn kid! And yes! I signed it. What my days are like as a tween during quarantine 🙂
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How To Keep Your Marriage Strong and Parenting Tween and Teen Girls
Mamas and Coffee® hosts Coffee Chats every Friday in their Facebook group. These LIVES are where individuals can sign up and chat about life. It’s REAL, RAW, and RANDOM. But oh, so fun. Let’s Introduce Our Coffee Chat Guest DadJonz goes by Commander Jones by day and SugaPie or dad by night. He’s a 2001 graduate of The University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business. He received a Master’s Degree from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy in 2019.
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Two Things Parents Need When Teaching Teens To Drive
Do you have a new driver in your home? Your child has just received their learner’s permit, so someone has to go out on the road with them. Hmmm…..who is the lucky person? I quickly learned that teaching teens to drive isn’t for me. My nerves are NOT set up for this!
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Kids Get Annoyed With Parents Just Like We Get Annoyed With Them
Kids get annoyed with parents for many different reasons. Here are a few of those reasons from my tween. I asked my kids to share what annoys them about things we do as parents in our home. One of my kids tackled this. The other two stayed far away. They wanted no part.
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How You Can Help Your Student Prepare for College
If you have a student who has dreams of attending college, preparing for the ACT is a must. Getting a student ready for college and what it requires can be overwhelming due to the scope of what you as a parent needs to do to help your student achieve their goals. Understanding the ACT and what it actually requires, knowing when to take the ACT and researching colleges is your first step.
