Episode 72
PCL 72: How to Recognize the Signs of Teen Depression and Suicide
Dr. Chinwe Williams, a licensed professional counselor, joins host, Kristen Ivy, to talk about ways to recognize and address teen depression and suicide. Read More
Episode 68
PCL 68 [Dad Edition]: Parenting Teenage Sons
Frank Bealer, executive director of leadership development at Orange, joins Carlos Whittaker and Jon Acuff to talk about parenting teenagers, parenting an adopted child, and other topics on today’s dad… Read More
Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | Phase | School Life
Every Middle Schooler Is Asking You a Question. Do You Know the Answer?
You hear the door slam upstairs. Instead of being startled by it, at this point, it’s a well-known, yet unwelcomed sound around your home. Since your kid started sixth grade, they’ve been hard to get along with, hard to get through to.… Read More
Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | Phase | School Life
4 Conversations to Have Before Middle School Starts
Middle school is a huge transition. It’s that time in life when your kid is stepping out of the relative comfort of elementary school and into those strange few years before high school. It’s important to remember that the middle school years… Read More
Elementary (K-5th) | Family Life | Featured | High School (9th-12th) | Middle School (6th-8th) | Phase
5 Things Worth Celebrating In Each Phase
You know how it is: Your kid changes, throwing your whole world into a tailspin. When you finally get used to this new version of your kid, then . . . BAM! Just when you get accustomed to your kid’s zig, they… Read More
Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | School Life | Social Life
What to Do When You’re Concerned About Your Kid’s New Group of Friends
Your kid is going through about a million-and-one changes in the middle school phase. So much is changing about them so quickly that it can seem like nothing is ever the same from one day to the next. One day they love… Read More
Elementary (K-5th) | Family Activities | Family Nights | Featured | Middle School (6th-8th)
Level Up: A Different Kind of Board Game
“Tell me about a time when you were afraid,” I asked my 10-year-old son. “I guess it was that time when the tornadoes were close by and we had to go in the downstairs bathroom and shut the door. Then we lost… Read More