Award-winning column encouraging parents to tackle the hard stuff. by Mary Follin and Erika Guerrero
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ASK MOM: Daughter has no direction in life, mom has fears about it
by Mary Follin and Erika Guerrero Read more ASK MOM in Fredericksburg Parent & Family
THE PROBLEM: I’m very worried about my 17-year-old daughter. She’s graduating from high school next year and has no plans. While I know there’s still a year for her to figure this out, she’s entirely unmotivated. She doesn’t want to go to college, and although she’s had a few jobs in high school, they haven’t worked out for her. (She says she doesn’t like working and dreads having to support herself.) This is a time in life that should be exciting and full of opportunity for her, but all she wants to do is watch episodes of her favorite shows and go out with friends. Even her friend group is dwindling, since the other kids have developed interests and are looking forward to the next stage in life.
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Sensitive Daughter Goes into a Funk
by Mary Follin and Erika Guerrero Read more ASK MOM in Fredericksburg Parent & Family
THE PROBLEM: My 12 yo daughter is soooo sensitive. She takes everything personally and is easily defeated. Last week she got a C on a math test and has now decided she's 'no good in math,' which isn't even remotely true. And when she tries out for something and doesn't make it, she's in a funk for weeks. Every obstacle seems to see her back and lower her self-esteem. Sometimes, I think she's looking for obstacles so she doesn't have to push herself through hard things. I try to be her cheerleader, but that only seems to annoy her, like: "Of course you're going to say that. You're my mom." And yet, she keeps trying to get me to see her (gloomy) side of things. I don't know how to get her out of this.
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ABOUT MARY FOLLINMary is the author of TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ and ETHYR, winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award and the Gertrude Warner Book Award. She is mom to two grown sons and enjoys sharing her more seasoned perspective with parents of younger children.
ABOUT Erika GuerreroErika Guerrero is a freelance hair and makeup artist, Erika K. Beauty, single-mama to one amazing boy, and author of She’s Not Shaken, a blog offering hope and encouragement to women in all walks of life.
ABOUT Suzanne JohnsonSuzanne Johnson, mother of five children and grandmother of eight, is an illustrator, book cover designer, and author of the Realms of Edenocht series.
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