Let’s say that for whatever reason your teen looks forward to leaving your household one day, their focus is on getting OUT whichever way they can. My hope is that they focus less on running away from you and take the time to plan what they want to run towards. Where they’re going is important [...]
I don’t know, it’s just that when I drink I feel…well, I feel less nervous somehow. Teens who struggle with anxiety may find themselves drinking or using drugs to help them calm down. By nature teens develop coping mechanisms, they aren’t born with them. So there will be times your teen will happen upon poor [...]
The group most likely to be sexually assaulted is the teen girl. No wonder fathers want to lock up their daughters. Its teen dating violence awareness month and so it bears reminding that violence, real violence happens to teen girls. They are without so much as a blink from their friends kicked, spit on, name-called, [...]
A teen told her parents she was raped and her parents felt she was lying to protect her reputation. Her parents thought just maybe she was lying because she didn’t want to tell them she was actually sexually active. They asked her if she was lying. It sounds like a simple question. Why not ask [...]
Corporal punishment. That’s fancy language for a good ole fashioned spanking. For some this may conjure images of tree branches, belts or even an electrical cord, while others are asking who still spanks their kid? For the most part spanking is not just old fashioned its painful. I suppose your thinking that is the intention, [...]
There are some things you should probably never say to your teen probably anyone you really care about. Here are some overheard phrases. See if you repel in hurt as their teen probably did. 10. Get out of my face. You disgust me! 9. Get out of my house! I don’t want to see [...]
You’ve done everything to try and get your teen to lose weight. You’ve tried programs, joining the gym and even humiliation. You thought if they were embarrassed like you seem to be, they might do something about the weight, but what if the weight means more than that? One of the first steps to losing [...]
