Routines & Activities

This post was updated in 2022 with information from this American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry article. Did you know that the average teen spends roughly nine hours a day on their phone? That is more than one-third of a 24-hour day. So, if teens are getting the recommended eight hours of sleep per […]

Co-parenting teens can present some unique challenges. As a parent to three girls soon entering their teens, I worry about whether I will be able to give them all the guidance they need to become self-confident, independent women. For 320 days a year, I try to parent selflessly and place them at the center of […]

This post was updated in August of 2023. With school out of session and summer in full swing, your teen has more free time on their hands. While summer offers many opportunities for your teen to de-stress from school-related anxiety and spend more time with you and your family, this increased time can also result […]

While my “day job” consists of writing about skiing and outdoor family adventures, my “24/7 job” consists of raising two amazing, teenage boys and shepherding them, with the help of my husband, their father, into adulthood. In addition to being a mom and a writer, I’m also a worrier (maybe that just goes with the […]