We are so excited to be announcing the launch of our new finance course! Our goal is to serve teens and parents and give them the skills that they need to be successful in life. We have taken surveys and asked lots of questions about skills that adults wished that they had learned as teenagers. …
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On this episode we discuss the last year on our No Sugary Drink challenge. A year ago this Thursday, three of us decided that we were going to challenge each other to see who would be the first to drink a sugary drink. It became a battle to see who has more willpower. All three …
Zachary Reinhart (whom we have highlighted on the blog before here) joined us on the podcast to discuss teens in foster care. He gave us some insight into the confusing feelings and emotions that teens experience when they are put into care. Teens who are just coming into care struggle with the transition; we need …
So today’s blog post is going to be lighthearted and funny. This is a video that I took of Rebecca on the drive home from getting her wisdom teeth pulled. She talked about food most of the way home. She kept talking about how she is missing donuts. We had two very funny conversations which …
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Terrifying Moment In an instant your whole life can change. This time of year always brings about some reminders for our family, thanks to Facebook memories. Five years ago I was driving to band practice with three of the kids and a short bus pulled out in front of us. The car was going about …
This week on the podcast we discussed in more depth a principle that we had talked about in a past blog post-http://www.raisingconfidentteens.com/2019/06/07/closed-mouths-dont-get-fed/. I have been doing this more consciously recently, and have been amazed at the results. If you have a goal and can work together with someone to get it accomplished, take a chance …
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Some of you haven’t been able to listen to the podcast yet, so I just wanted to talk about some of my takeaways from our podcast interview with Sarah Spayd. Sarah is currently a senior in high school. When she was elementary school her dad became ill, and about six years ago he finally got …
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