Is your teen constantly asking for “stuff?” You can stay true to your values and raise an appreciative vs. entitled teen. One of the most common frustrations parents have with their teens is dealing with what feels like ungratefulness, entitlement, or a self-centered attitude. Parenting teens is already challenging—but when your teen seems spoiled or…
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Your Teen & Their Friends
If your teens rather spend time with the friends vs. you now, it’s normal. You can still be involved in their life while giving them space to grow up. Parents may feel mixed emotions as they watch their teens grow up. They are happy, on one hand, that their children are no longer hanging on…
Five Tips for Handling a Moody Teenager
Don’t be frustrated – these five clear, practical tips will help you feel both empowered and empathetic when dealing with your moody teen. Anybody who’s ever been a teenager and anyone who’s ever raised a teenager (all of us, that is) knows that teenagers can get moody. One minute, they’re cheerful and prattling on about…
How to Store Your Mommy Memories
You think you’ll remember those cute things they said, but you know that you will one day forget. Here are some ideas and ways to save your “Mommy Memories” so you and your children can look back and enjoy! As I was reading this post on Winter Wins for Your Marriage recently on Between Carpools,…
Three Tips to Tame Your Toddler’s Tantrums
In the moment, you’re not quite sure what to do when deal with a child’s tantrum. Remember these three steps. You’ve spent the last three hours wrangling your kids into bed, and just as you’re nearing the finish line, your toddler throws himself onto the floor, wailing because he wanted to take his socks off….
Helping Our Children Be Happy with Less
How to step off the hamster wheel and live life as it is. It seems that wherever we look, we find people who have more than us. Especially if we ask our children. It’s tough raising them in today’s indulgent climate where everyone seems to have the latest of everything, and if we don’t give…
Powerful Strategies To Help Your Teen Thrive
The little things you do can instill so much empowerment and confidence in your teenager. Navigating the teenage years can be a tumultuous journey filled with highs, lows, and everything in between. As parents, we strive to give our children the best. We invest so much time, energy, and money into their well-being. We want…
From First Dates to First Year: A Parent’s Guide to Shidduchim
As parents, we dream of walking our children down to the chuppah. There is no greater joy in the world than seeing your child set up a home of their own. Getting married is not the ultimate goal, however. Staying married and building a healthy, thriving, and happy marriage should be the goal. Here are…
How to Connect with Your Teenage Boy
A BCP Reader asked a question, and we started schmoozing about the topic…and we discovered a lot of important tips on keeping the relationship with your teenage boys strong. While some of the emails you send to hello@betweencarpools.com only need quick replies, some others, including the topics you suggest, we go through when we all…
Yes, Kids Still Need Positive and Negative Reinforcement
…And particularly ADHD kids. Why should they follow the rules if there’s no motivation or consequence? Editor’s Note: For the past year or so, Between Carpools readers have been enjoying Avigail’s expertise and engaging writing on the topic of ADHD children. You can read all her posts over here. She’s a powerhouse in the field…
