“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 [...]
Your teen hates a teacher and therefore feels it’s okay to do poorly in a class. For a teen, this can be a justifiable excuse. It’s important to help your teen re-think this type of reasoning since it doesn’t allow them to develop the life skill of taking responsibility for their actions. Doing poorly because you hate [...]
