Skip to content
What's Your Mama Superpower?
Grassroots Parenting
  • Home
  • Start Here
  • About
  • ExploreExpand
    • Emotion Landmines
    • Talk So They Respond
    • What Were They Thinking?
    • Why Did I React Like That?
    • Things to Do Together
  • Shop Mama’s Tool Shed
Grassroots Parenting

communication

When Talking To Teens, One Simple Shift Builds Trust, Connection, and Calm
Active Listening · Self Awareness

When Talking To Teens, One Simple Shift Builds Trust, Connection, and Calm

Read More When Talking To Teens, One Simple Shift Builds Trust, Connection, and CalmContinue

a group of children all placing their hands together suggesting the concept of social and emotional development in tweens
Social Skills

One Unbelievable Tool To Help Tweens With Social And Emotional Development

Read More One Unbelievable Tool To Help Tweens With Social And Emotional DevelopmentContinue

an image of kids on basketball court high fiving each other suggesting the concept of healthy competition for kids
Social Skills

How To Teach Your Super-Competitive Kids About Healthy Competition

Read More How To Teach Your Super-Competitive Kids About Healthy CompetitionContinue

image of siblings playing - the brother is cheering and happy because he has won; the sister has a very sour and disappointed look on her face - suggesting the concept of sore loser
Social Skills

One Powerful Tool To Transform Your Sore Loser Into a Good Sport

Read More One Powerful Tool To Transform Your Sore Loser Into a Good SportContinue

We all know that there will inevitably be awkward conversations with your tween or teen. I love this idea / tip because no matter how flustered or embarrassed I feel by my child's conversation starters, this works! What parents really want is a way to respond positively in the moment when we've been caught off guard instead of reacting negatively and damaging our relationship with our child. Here's the only phrase you'll ever need to know! #positiveresponse #tweens #teenagers #parentingtweens #parentingteens #parenting www.themidlifemamas.com
Self-Knowledge

You Only Need One Powerful Phrase To Transform Any Awkward Conversations With Your Tween

Read More You Only Need One Powerful Phrase To Transform Any Awkward Conversations With Your TweenContinue

In order for young teens to speak up for justice, we must help them find their own courage, self confidence, and assertiveness. wwwthemidlifemamas.com
Social Skills

How To Empower Young Teens to Speak Up For Justice

Read More How To Empower Young Teens to Speak Up For JusticeContinue

Page navigation

1 2 3 Next PageNext

Welcome! I'm Karen, and like many of you, I once found myself feeling like my kids deserved a much better mom. Comparing myself with other moms just made me feel like a failure. But I was determined to dive in and learn how to be a good mom - not perfect, mind you - but good (sometimes rockstar good if I do say so myself 😉). I've read, studied, trained as a parenting coach, and talked with therapists, educators, counselors, occupational therapists, speech therapists, anyone I could glean insight from. Here is where I share that all with you!

Learn More

get the

Family Simplified Starter Kit!

This is literally the trifecta of easy quick starts to jumpstart closer connections with the people who matter the most!

Get Your Copy!

want to go from

Frustrated to Connected?

This quiz is for you if you're ready to give up but still have the energy to try one small shift so that you can reconnect with your tween or teen.

Take the quiz to get a shift, personalized for you, that offers results. Before dinner is out of the oven.

In 2 minutes or less get your personalized first step to:

  • Fewer blowups
  • More cooperation
  • Deeper conversations
  • More confidence
  • Less guilt
  • Less yelling
I'm ready to do this!

Change the Paradigm Strengthen the Bond

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” - Henry David Thoreau

When you look at behaviors you don't like, do you see your child giving you a hard time or having a hard time?

Show me step by step

Family Connections

© 2025 Grassroots Parenting. All rights reserved.

Facebook Instagram Pinterest
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • About

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in .

Scroll to top
  • Home
  • Start Here
  • About
  • Explore
    • Emotion Landmines
    • Talk So They Respond
    • What Were They Thinking?
    • Why Did I React Like That?
    • Things to Do Together
  • Shop Mama’s Tool Shed
Search
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.