Like it says in Ecclesiastes, to everything there is a season. In the fall, it's time to get the warm clothes out of storage and gear up for The Holidays. And when you're young, it's time to make travel plans to visit your parents -- but when you're older and you have your own family, you will inevitably start hosting your own holiday celebrations.
Having a teen driver creates all sorts of new issues for a parent. Suddenly, you have to set new rules and determine how you are going to regulate your child. Your son or daughter, on the other hand, is considering the fact that they are now in the proverbial “driver’s seat” and in control of their life.
We attended a mindful parenting class recently that the instructor called The Art of Inner Nesting. And I have to say it's one of the best things we've done to done to prepare for the coming of our child.
My oldest son is 15 and will be starting his sophomore year of high school soon. He knows he is going to college, now we are starting to identify where he will go. My wife works for a university so we get free tuition and he knows that is a possibility. On the other hand, he has picked out other schools that interest him.
After a nice stretch of peace and joy, the time has come for my toddler son to start wielding his favorite word: no. It seems that over the past year with the advent of his mobility he has heard us say no to him enough that he’s come to know the meaning of it quite clearly. And now it seems that at least once a day I have a fight on my hands.
