I want me to be friends with me. Self-love. You can’t love anyone else without it at least not well. You can’t be the best you can be without it. It isn’t directly taught and yet it is a part of everything you will teach your teen before they are an adult. I want to [...]
There was a time when teens that were seriously dating got married after high school. They married their “high school sweetheart.” Promising to grow old with someone as a teen is quite a gamble, maybe not impossible, but it is a gamble that the person will share your interests when they are finally an adult. [...]
With the recent events in Haiti or any similarly traumatic event, it is normal to feel a sense of overwhelming anxiety and little to no control over your environment. This post event distress is commonly referred to as PTSD or post-traumatic distress disorder. Although it makes perfect sense to expect this type of anxiety or [...]
Listen to everything your teen tells you. I mean everything. Mind you, you aren’t listening to catch them in a lie; you’re listening to let them know you are interested in them. Okay, and sometimes to catch them when they’re not making sense, or possibly a lie. When you listen, you should make mental note [...]
Some people are really sensitive. Any little thing or change seems to bother them. They don’t like surprises and they’re easily upset. As far as they’re concerned, the more routine, the better. Sound like your teen? If this sounds like your teen you are probably exasperated with all of the whining when things don’t go [...]
I recently had the honor of appearing on The Family Coach blogtalk radio show with Dr. Lynne Kenney. We talked about the intensity of teen love. Here are some highlights from the show. If you would like to hear the show in its entirety, click here. 1. Teen Relationship Early teen relationships are an opportunity [...]
When you have children, your relationship with your spouse frequently changes. There may be an initial infatuation, but this can slowly give way to the toil of parenting and childcare. This easily makes your child and later teen close to number one in your life. If you divorce and re-marry, this too will change. Unlike [...]
