Are you bewildered why your daughter continues to hang out with the girlfriend that teases and humiliates her in front of her peers and then playfully invites her to hang out after school? If you’re struggling with how to support your daughter’s frenemy-like relationship, consider how tricky it must be for her to navigate! Frenemies are defined as “a person or group that is friendly toward another because the relationship […]

Have you gone to the mall lately? My son’s favorite store is there, so we braved the Saturday afternoon crowd last weekend. It didn’t take long before I was reminded of the power of the teenage tribe. The importance was on full display. Teenage girls moved through the store sewn together at the hip! As our teenage daughters spread their wings and grow into their own person, establishing a “tribe” […]