Has your teen ever been upset and when they told you what it was about you almost blurt out, “Oh that. Is that all? That’s nothin’. I thought you were pregnant or something.” Thank goodness they had nothing very serious going on, but now you have completly invalidated your teen’s feelings with what is basically [...]
Show your colors! Gay pride parades have been an annual celebration of pride since 1969 when the first gay pride parade was organized to protest Stonewall in New York City. Since then parades are organized all over the world to celebrate diversity and pride in gay life. Yesterday was the 2009 Gay Pride Parade in [...]
Michael Jackson’s death stunned the world. Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Quincy Jones have outlived Michael Jackson. People who some might say have lived a much harder adult life. All the money in the world and he lived to be a measly fifty years old. You should start living at this age. It certainly says [...]
Yesterday the 2009 Conference for Volunteer and Service ended. They discussed the power of volunteerism for our communities and of course the energized feeling that each person gets from volunteering. Volunteering is essentially the key to America’s future success. I am going to propose that it can do even more especially when a family volunteers [...]
When the teacher walks up to you and tells you great things about your teen, the pride on your face is hard to hide. When your teen does something less respectable the frustration of the moment can sometimes make it seem like they’re always doing something wrong. Some parents view this as such a reflection [...]
“What are your grades like?” She blurted out, “Bad.” And then she just started tearing up and the tears just kept rolling down her face. She literally did not speak one more word throughout the remainder of our time together. She just kept wiping away tears. She’d failed geometry and it was eating her up.
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Teens have a knack for being selfish. They aren’t trying to be rude or intentionally unthoughtful, they’re just into themselves. It’s all about them and this is developmentally appropriate. Although appropriate, it’s still frustrating when they forget to call when they’re out late or don’t take out the garbage, but maybe they’ll remember next time. [...]
“My Dad Rocks!” I saw this on a toddler’s T-shirt. Let’s face it to toddlers you don’t have to do too much to rock. This is a good thing. When your toddler is a teen, the bar gets raised a bit higher. This weekend is father’s day and everyone celebrates differently. There are going to [...]
He was grounded the entire summer because he lied about going to the movies and hanging out with just boys. There were girls there too. I agree that lying should not be allowed, but the whole summer? What will happen when he lies about something more serious?
At some point, your teen is going to show [...]
Parents don’t like being shut out of their teen’s lives. They tell their teens they want to know what’s going on. They tell me they want to know what’s going on. There are terrible stories of parents invading their teen’s private things for no reason other than being nosey. I’m always trying to figure out [...]
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