By Samurai Mom Friends are so important to a teenager’s development that the relative scarcity of them is likely to make your teen anxious. Very anxious.  Consider this before you act. As they...

by Samurai Dad As a tagalong on my wife’s business trip to Austria many years ago, I had the chance to wander through a little town called Linz. On one of my daily walks, I started noticing...

By Samurai Mom I always wondered if I would be a mom like the ones in the movies who peered through lace curtains, anxiously waiting, forever waiting for that overgrown kid to walk in the door....

By Samurai Dad The Android cell tone that rang out in the night was quickly silenced by our teen, but not quick enough to escape our ears.  The nocturnal browsing motivated us to look for ways to...

By Samurai Mom Trusting your teen may feel a bit like flying blind. We frame it for our teens like this: trust is the faith that a person will do the right thing when nobody's watching. What...

By Samurai Dad Boredom is common, but not necessarily a bad thing.  In fact, boredom cultivated with care can actually be a time of unleashed creativity.  The brain is more likely to explore...