Lori K WaltersAre you setting boundaries with your teen or making requests?The years of raising kids in their teens and early twenties are filled with friction and misalignment and sometimes it really drains you…3d ago3d ago
Lori K WaltersHow to tell if you need to set a boundary with your teen or young adult child.Setting boundaries is foggy, hazardous territory for many parents. As their kids become independent and separate from them, they wrestle…Aug 30Aug 30
Lori K WaltersWhy it’s So Hard to Set Boundaries with our Young Adult ChildrenIf you have difficulty setting boundaries with your young adult kids, you may have grown up in a home in which your attempts to set…Aug 23Aug 23
Lori K WaltersIf your young adult kids act entitled, this is why.About 75% of the parents I coach tell me that their teen or young adult child acts entitled, disrespectful and/or ungrateful.Aug 9Aug 9
Lori K WaltersHow to Reconnect with your Teen or Young Adult when you Disagree about what happenedMy kids recently asked if we could look through photos from when they were little and we lived in Yellowknife. I love looking at those…Aug 2Aug 2
Lori K WaltersLies Your Nervous System Tells You about Your TeenMama, when you’re anxious, overwhelmed, frustrated and confused about parenting your teen, your nervous system might be telling you lies……Jul 191Jul 191
Lori K WaltersThe ultimate doubt for mothers of young adults: Am I even the right parent for this kid?It’s so hard some days, parenting teens and young adults… the seemingly constant backtalk, accusation and opposition, the equally painful…Jul 12Jul 12
Lori K WaltersAre you giving your Teenager Feedback or Blame?You’ve asked your teen a thousand times to change out the garbage bag when it’s full. You walk into the kitchen in the morning and start…Jun 28Jun 28
Lori K WaltersMy teenager pushed and pushed me… until I did this.In my twenties, I lived on a communal organic sheep farm where we used electric fences to keep the woolly ones grazing on the right…Jun 21Jun 21
Lori K WaltersWhy Parents of Young Adults need Deep Self CareWhen I became a mother, I thought that putting my kids first meant that there was no room for my self-care. And I’ve talked with so many…Jun 7Jun 7