by pepadmin | Jul 1, 2022 | School Age Children, Teens, Uncategorized, Young Children
Scenario: Tired after a long day at work, you pick up your child, head home and prepare the evening meal. You have no sooner joined each other at the table than you are greeted with a high-pitched whiny voice complaining “I don’t like that!” and the evening spirals... 
by pepadmin | Sep 8, 2020 | Teens
Even before COVID-19 forced the likelihood of online college this fall, many American high school students were considering a pause between walking the stage at graduation and decorating their college dorm rooms. Though still not as common as in countries such as the... 
by pepadmin | Jul 24, 2018 | Teens
“You don’t know what you’re talking about!” “This sucks!” “Leave me alone!” Could these words possibly be coming from the loving angel who used to cling to you, every minute of every day? Raging hormones and a reorganizing brain can make our teenage children... 
by pepadmin | May 8, 2018 | Teens
The transition from home to college (or another learning experience) is a very big change. This will quite likely be the biggest change your teen has ever faced in his or her whole life. Life changes, even wonderful ones, are invariably stressful and each person... by pepadmin | Apr 28, 2017 | Teens
This week, it seemed as though I couldn’t turn on the TV or open my email without seeing some reference to the controversial Netflix Series 13 Reasons Why. I had just finished watching the series recently at the suggestion of my 20 and 23 year-old daughters, who... 
by pepadmin | Aug 12, 2015 | School Age Children, Teens
We asked five of PEP’s parent educators for their favorite back-to-school tips. Their answers show a variety of parenting tools in action, including emphasizing the process of learning; looking for tasks and responsibilities to turn over to growing children;...