Tag: teen advice

Discipline or Connection?

Jun 13, 2025

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Marquita Pike

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Advice in the mess #4 How I’m Learning to Parent Without Losing My Mind (Or My Teen’s Trust) Let’s talk about something that gets tricky real fast: discipline versus connection.Your goal is for your kid to grow up with responsibility and respect. At the same time, you want them to trust you. You want them…
Teenagers: The Eye Rolls, the Silence, and the Gold in Between

May 23, 2025

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Marquita Pike

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Advice in the Mess — Post 2 That Teenage Silence? It’s Not What You Think There’s a special kind of silence that only a teenager can bring.Not peaceful. Not quiet.Heavy eyerolls. Loud in a weird, invisible way. It used to be tantrums and a million questions.Now it’s side-eyes, slammed doors, and the classic “you just…