Your teen seems unmotivated and without direction in life. Understandably, this worries you. What can you do? What do you do?
Whatever you do, don’t make it about the money not even to pay for rent. Let your teen in their discovery of what their passion is define success on their terms. Be open-minded enough to appreciate that [...]
Do you ever see something your teen is wearing and just cringe at the statement they are making? There is the question of not just what your teens clothes are saying about them, but what that outfit says about you, the parent, who let them walk out the door like that.
Clothes for teens are a [...]
Here is a simple exercise, without telling your teen what you are going to do, for one week give your teen compliments, cheers or kudos on legitimate actions and behavior. This is without any negative comments. Hmmm…seems hard, huh?
You can forget the things your teen is doing well because they also do things not so [...]
This week Mackenzie Phillips was on Oprah discussing how her father abused her for over a decade and then she later developed a consensual sexual relationship with him. People wonder how this can be. Seventy percent of teens abused know their abuser. The previous lessons to children and then teens about how the abuser is [...]
They say that obstacles are there to ask us if we really want the desired thing, a partner, our health, a grade, or accomplishment. What is your teen willing to do to accomplish their goal? Not cheating or something illegal, but how hard are they willing to work, to sacrifice? These are great questions to pose to [...]
Your teen knows you well. Their unwillingness to speak to you about their lives can stem from their natural desire for privacy, but it can also be their dislike of your reactions. It can get to the point that even your teasing is more annoying than something playful. When this happens, it is time to [...]
Myth #1: Talking to your teen about sex leads to early sexual activity.
Truth: Actually, talking to your teen about sex decreases the chances of early sexual debut (when they start having sex). Talk and talk a lot. You will demystify sex so that it does not become a point of rebellion.
Myth #2: My teen will want to [...]
If your teen is a senior, you’ve probably asked them what they want to do after high school. The “good” answer is, “Go to college.” And, this is a good answer. Parents associate a college education with more opportunity and economic stability and rightly so the current unemployment rate among college graduates is 3.1% in [...]
You can try these games with your family, another family or a group of teens. Games are a fun way to connect with your teen and help ease the tension associated with the dreaded cornering them in their room to have an “important” talk.
1. Movies
Recite mono or dialogues from movies and guess the character or the movie. You [...]
“I think they know I’m sexually active, but we don’t talk about it. It’s a little weird so we just don’t talk about it” Sometimes it’s not that teens want to lie about having sex as much as they know you don’t always want to know they’re having sex. They understand that you‘re uncomfortable with [...]
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