Dating and chastity. What a loaded topic. Dating is treated like a right of passage, so when someone hears that we do not allow Care Bear to date until she’s ready to get married, we get a look as if we are going off the deep end. As you may know, Care Bear splits her […]
Why My Teen Doesn’t Wear Hijab
I admit, it probably looks odd. Mom wears skirts or abayas (long dresses) with hijab, and her daughter is in a t-shirt, pants, and styled hair. So why the disconnect? I’m glad you ask. A friend of mine once said, “Life isn’t always a straight line.” She’s right. We don’t always make forward progress at […]
Keep Teens Motivated
It’s not always easy keeping the forward momentum when you’re completing tasks that seem useless. When are you going to pull from Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography as a resource? How often are you faced with needing to graph a parabola? Are you afraid of getting demoted at your job because you can’t pick out the direct […]
Teach Your Kids to be Extraordinary
Care Bear and I have been talking quite a bit about being extraordinary, and what that means. I don’t expect her to get perfect grades, be the #1 fencer in national competitions, or otherwise be a perfect individual. I do expect her to try to rise above being ordinary. Ordinary is defined as, “of no […]
Disappointing Test Scores are a Good Thing… This Time
Care Bear has always gotten very good standardized test scores, and her 7th grade test was phenomenal. Just a few weeks ago, she took her 8th grade test. Now, don’t get me wrong, she did very well! She still got 91st percentile overall, but that was a disappointment for her compared to her 99th percentile […]
