“Can you drug test my teen?” This is the action plan that parents often come up with when they suspect their teen is using drugs of abuse. There are several steps to take before your teen is drug tested. This is especially important since most drugs will leave the system in a day. Few will [...]
Michael Jackson History
This week was the memorial service for the great entertainer, Michael Jackson. It is possible that we learned more about Mr. Jackson this week than ever before. He was in the Guinness book of world records for several records broken, has been the celebrity to have donated the most money to charities and the single [...]
Parent: “How was school today?”
Teen: “Fine.”
Sometimes this is the way conversations go with teens. As a parent, you can get frustrated and stop asking. “If you don’t want to talk then I will stop asking.” A parent can’t really do this. Teens need a connection to others. This is the reason for their self-expression through their [...]
He told me his Dad died of a heart attack a year ago. He was doing fine and chuckled that he knew it seemed like everyone he was close to had died, but he really was doing well now. On the day his father died, he had not done so well and never imagined he [...]
“No.” I know how much this means to you, but, “No.” Giving someone everything they want does not make them love you more. It also does not make them ever stop asking for the next thing, or consider that the next thing should be more, shall we say, reasonable. No, the requests simply gets more [...]
Congratulations, you’re the parent of a teen. It’s now time to start letting go. Obviously, you are still going to be there for your teen, but they really have to start doing things for themselves in order to get the practice they need BEFORE they leave home.
Prepare to make a list
In order to let go [...]
Happy Fourth of July or Independence Day for America! Similar to the rebellion that lead to America gaining independence from England, teens are struggling to gain independence from their parents. Some rebellions are quiet, but freedom is not always obtained easily, ask England how easily they gave up America.
To even begin to appreciate the position [...]
