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"I am a straight, conservative, white Southerner, so I am fairly certain that R. Eric Thomas did not envision me as part of his intended audience when he wrote Congratulations, The Best Is Over! However, when Anne Bogel recommended this book of essays"
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“Creativity and flexibility go hand in hand, while rigidity is the enemy of mental health. Your child will fail and feel pain often throughout life, but the more they learn to tap into creative ways to get past that, the more resilient they will become.”
― Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
― Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
“Kids are most interested in you when you are least interested in them. They choose the moment to talk when you are least available, because that means you’re also least emotional. Kids have to deal with their own fickle emotions, as well as the unpredictability of their classmates, all day long. It’s as exhausting for them as it would be for you. This is why they choose to open up when you seem the least emotionally invested in them: as you’re leaving the room, concentrating on an e-mail, or finally settling into your favorite show. The more interested and invested you seem in what they have to say, the less willing they are to say it.”
― Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
― Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
“In middle school, embarrassment triggers our brains as though it’s actual danger. As adults, most of us can shake off being embarrassed because we have a pretty strong sense of self. When we were twelve, though, any little scratch to our delicate egos could become a scar we’d carry into adulthood. If the bad news is that people tend to carry adolescent pain forward, the good news is that the coping skills and strategies your kid learns in adolescence also stick with them. This is why learning about self-care at a young age is important. If your tween practices new coping skills now, they will be firmly cemented for recall later in life, potentially when your older teen or young adult needs them even more”
― Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
― Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
