http://growingupwell.org Helping Adults Help Kids Through Adolescence Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/98d99915cdd9ca8aa0c32021a33ce39e?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://growingupwell.org GrowingUpWellhttp://feedburner.google.com http://growingupwell.org/2013/06/17/the-sacred-honor-of-being-a-parent/ http://growingupwell.org/2013/06/17/the-sacred-honor-of-being-a-parent/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:01:04 +0000 wildcatteacher http://growingupwell.org/?p=2821 A Unique Relationship Parenting is a unique relationship, wherein the parent is authorized by law and by God to protect, provide, nurture, and discipline. Ultimately, the parent must somehow control self and child enough to train for independent success. Parenting is a special relationship, one in which the parent is fully responsible for the children [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2821&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=1lCzRkSR0V0:Ij4hpbHCkYQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=1lCzRkSR0V0:Ij4hpbHCkYQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://growingupwell.org/2013/06/17/the-sacred-honor-of-being-a-parent/feed/ 0 wildcatteacher http://growingupwell.org/2013/06/16/a-fathers-day-video/ http://growingupwell.org/2013/06/16/a-fathers-day-video/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:34:32 +0000 wildcatteacher http://growingupwell.org/?p=2809 Made by Family Share. Filed under: Family, Parenting, Resiliency, Role Models Tagged: Father, fathers day, Parenting<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2809&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=wxb_gmKf0_A:TSSbP1sI-e8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=wxb_gmKf0_A:TSSbP1sI-e8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://growingupwell.org/2013/06/16/a-fathers-day-video/feed/ 1 wildcatteacher http://growingupwell.org/2013/04/28/growing-up-well-in-the-21st-century/ http://growingupwell.org/2013/04/28/growing-up-well-in-the-21st-century/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:25:20 +0000 wildcatteacher http://growingupwell.org/?p=2797 Coming in October 2011 Growing Up Well: A Practical Guide to Parenting Young Teens Middle school is a time in life when many parents adopt a hands-off parenting style. They shake their head and say, “My daughter is a different person now. I don’t get her any more.” In response to this frustration, many parents [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2797&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=AQ1s3cd7WA4:SkE585ggaxU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=AQ1s3cd7WA4:SkE585ggaxU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://growingupwell.org/2013/04/28/growing-up-well-in-the-21st-century/feed/ 0 wildcatteacher http://growingupwell.org/2013/04/28/the-paradoxical-commandments/ http://growingupwell.org/2013/04/28/the-paradoxical-commandments/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:51:42 +0000 wildcatteacher http://growingupwell.org/2013/04/28/the-paradoxical-commandments/ People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. 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For them, career guidance is a non-issue, but for the vast majority of children, the opposite is true. My own experience [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2786&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=jGZhdq8k8Tc:1oh1_-BRaAI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?a=jGZhdq8k8Tc:1oh1_-BRaAI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GrowingUpWell?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://growingupwell.org/2013/03/05/career-guidance-for-young-teens/feed/ 2 wildcatteacher