Jul 6, 2021 | Caring For Your Teen, Creating Meaningful Bonds, Uncategorized
Like you and your family, Family Strong Blueprint has longed for renewed energy, which summer provides. We too, live more fully alive with fun experiences and good times as we have family time together and time for creating new memories. Our hope for you and...
May 1, 2021 | Caring For Your Teen, Teen Leadership
To this day…my adult children remind me of my parenting style when they were teens. A common statement they would hear me say, as they walked out the front door to go to youth group, school or out with friends on a Friday or Saturday night was – “Make Good Choices!”...
Apr 7, 2021 | Caring For Your Teen, Communication, Siblings
When my husband and I (Tess) were raising our son and daughter, there were times we were not ALL in alignment with one another. You can imagine, our oldest son did not want to take orders from his younger sister and our youngest daughter did not want to follow the...
Mar 3, 2021 | burn out, Caring For Your Teen, Parenting Teens During Pandemic, Self-Care
“If we practice self-care as a family, the bonus is that our youngest members will build habits for their whole lifetime.” – Dr. Lisa Marotta The first sign of spring shows up in my (Tess) backyard every year with bright yellow daffodils that I plant in my garden...
Feb 2, 2021 | Caring For Your Teen, Communication, Creating Meaningful Bonds, Discovering Your Teen's Needs, Parenting Teens During Pandemic
“When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend, and most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggle.” – Brene’ Brown A few weeks ago I (Lindsey) was abruptly woken in the middle of the night by the loudest...
Jan 6, 2021 | Caring For Your Teen, Communication, Parenting Amongst Challenges, Parenting Teens During Pandemic
Really? Is it Even Possible? How are you and your family doing entering the New 2021 Year? We care about you and we want you to know, “We are here for you.” As much as we sought to have a positive mindset and a grateful heart in the 2020 Covid-19 year, we know and are...
