by Deborah | Oct 9, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling, Teenage Meddling
Advice to Your 15 Year Old Self: Week 2 If I knew then what I know now… but would I have listened? Teen Advice is a plentiful as leaves on a tree, but I’m offering some advice… with a bit of a twist. I polled a huge variety of people, asking...
by Deborah | Oct 3, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling, Teenage Meddling
Advice to Your 15 Year Old Self: Week 1 If I knew then what I know now… but would I have listened? Teen Advice is a plentiful as leaves on a tree, but I’m offering some advice… with a bit of a twist. I polled a huge variety of people, asking...
by Deborah | Sep 10, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling
Are you confused as to whether you are Supermom or Awesome Mom? Since there is no such thing as the former, you must be the latter. Say it right now, aloud: “I’m an Awesome Mom!” Does that make you uncomfortable, or perhaps it doesn’t feel like the truth? Let me clear...
by Deborah | Sep 9, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling, Wiggle Writer Meddling
Caffeine, the wonder-addiction. Why do I say that? Because by slipping it into foods you consume, the company creates a need in you. You have to have more of the product to feel energized so you can compete at work or school. Basically, you are being trapped into...
by Deborah | Sep 8, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling
Little girls automatically want to look like their beautiful mother. Life is much simpler if they resemble the lead female in the home than for Girls Who Look Like Daddy. However, if your daughter resembles her handsome dad, it can mess with her self-concept....
by Deborah | Sep 7, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling, School Meddling
I’m pretty sure whoever coined the phrase, “It takes two to tango” was talking about The Parent-Teen Tango, specifically the mother-daughter relationships during the tumultuous teens. The tango is a dance between two conflicted people, filled with frustrated love and...
by Deborah | Sep 6, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling
How would you like to have free-flowing conversations with your teen? If you already find talking to teens easy, use the topics below for additional ideas. If, on the other hand, you are trying to engage a reluctant teenager in conversation, try this: Begin with baby...
by Deborah | Sep 4, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling, Wiggle Writer Meddling
To paraphrase Jamie K. Schmidt from her fabulous workshop on Writing Novellas, there are 24 hours in a day. That breaks down into: 8 hours of sleep 8 hours of work 8 hours for everything else 8 hours for everything else? That’s huge! That’s 56 hours a...
by Deborah | Sep 2, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling
Mom, as a child did you sneak into your mother’s room to explore the wonders it held? Did you try on her jewelry? Play with her mascara? Totter around on her heels? If you did, you know from personal experience teenage girls are eager to emulate their mothers, the...
by Deborah | Sep 1, 2017 | Awesome Mom Meddling
Whomp! Player A swats the tennis ball out of bounds. “Oh no! You stupid imbecile! How could you miss such an easy shot? Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!” cries Player A, angry with herself. That’s one way to handle the Inner Game of Tennis. Player B’s fist jubilantly...
