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 [...]
You hear your teens going at it again. You wish they would stop fighting, but you also know that siblings fight. What can you do? How are you sure that its more than a normal sibling spat? Ms Radcliff: Her sister loves her to death. She would die for her Doc: Ms Radcliff, Your daughter [...]
Someone comes to your teen and says they can give them everything they want. Everything. You need only give up any current and future close friendships. It sounds simple. Fame, fortune and oh yes the money. Ask a teen what they want to do with their lives and sometimes, not all the time, they say [...]
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. “ Martin Luther King Jr. Where does your teen stand in times of challenge and controversy? Do you think you have the kind of teen that would [...]
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