“I tried to tell my Mom several times that I was molested by my uncle. It was clear that she didn’t want to believe or hear me. I finally realized that and stopped tryin’ to tell her.” As a parent you do the best you can with what you’ve got. This is fair. No [...]
“Bad things are gonna happen in life, if you can’t handle this, what are you gonna do when something worse happens? Get over it! What do ya want a hug? That’s not gonna solve anything.” This Dad is right. Bad things do happen. And yes, sometimes the world seems really hard, but the way [...]
You just found out there is a rumor that your teen was caught having oral sex in a public setting. What do you do? What do you think? What is the first thing you say to your teen when you see her? Him? Do you know what your teen is thinking? It’s hard to [...]
At some point your teen is going to date. Maybe they’ll live at home maybe they won’t. But sooner or later, your teen will be interested in someone, date, maybe get married, etc. You know how it goes, but do you remember how it starts? It starts in your head. When you were a [...]
“I think I want to be an actor, but there’s nooo waaay that’s gonna happen.” “I don’t think that test went well. I probably failed.” Ouch. This is hard to hear coming from teens. Heck, coming from anyone. Why not think positively? It doesn’t cost your teen anything more. Unless your teen didn’t prepare [...]
Do you want to get close to your teen, but feel you have nothing in common? Well games are a great way to get you talking and having fun. You will learn about each other through your answers to this fun quiz and realize you are more alike than different. A-Aspiration (Name a career or [...]
Teens that have lost a loved one to suicide are three times more likely to commit suicide. Knowing this information may save another teen’s life if you are the parent of that grieving teen. Being a survivor of a loved one’s suicide can cause feelings of anger and frustration at the helplessness of it [...]
Depression is typically someone who is sad, keeps to themselves, doesn’t eat, or loses interest in things they once cared about. But what about anger, fighting, other aggressive behavior and initiating violence at school or on the street, is that depression too? Depression can also be angry. After all, depression is anger turned inward. [...]
Your teen is under more stress in high school than ever before. Of course there are all types of stress, but if your teen has taken on sports, academic challenges, a job, volunteer activities, advanced courses and family duties, not to mention a significant other, they might forget that the most important thing is not [...]
Your teen can learn a lot from a retail job: Manage money, answer to an authority besides parents and teachers and deal with people in the real world. Sometimes, difficult people. Stand at the customer service counter at any retail store and you can develop a whole new respect for the person at the [...]
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