Parents often mistake an eating disorder for being a problem about food. “My son thinks he’s fat! He only eats sweets and carbs.” It is a problem with the way teens eat food, but the reason they eat that way has more to do with how their brain now defines food as bad for them. [...]
With the recent hiring of Michael Vick by the Philadelphia Eagles the debate over not just his hiring, but whether his apology was genuine has been ongoing. It appears that people are not just put off by his treatment of animals , but they are equally unimpressed with his apology. Knowing that your teen may one [...]
When your teen does something, do you say, “You always do that?” If you thought about it, do they really always do that? More often than not if we take the time to actually chart how many times something is done rarely do we find that someone always does the behavior and yet that is what we think [...]
I thought my Mom was afraid of me then I realized she was just trying not to hurt me when she ran to her room while I was arguing with her.” The self-control of this Mom who in a moment of fear attempted to bite her daughter demonstrates the chaos that teens can ignite in [...]
By the time you’re the parent of a teen, your teen knows you well. Maybe not perfectly well, but they have a good idea about how you will react in certain situations. They may avoid telling you things because they don’t want to experience your reaction. This can be a big obstacle when trying to connect with [...]
If you’re asking this question bravo to you! It means that you understand that part of growing up is learning how to have an intimate relationship. This is much easier for your teen when you are involved. For more on this, read my earlier post about letting your teen date under your supervision. What should you [...]
You give your opinion of your teen’s life a lot. This is whether or not your teen asks. You understandably feel you know more and can help your teen avoid mistakes especially the mistakes you made as a teen. It’s true you have lived longer, but your teen doesn’t seem to want to hear it. So what [...]
