“I think my parents aren’t the right parents for me. Otherwise, they’re okay.” Parenting from your teen’s perspective can be so informative. I know you may think they’re too young to have a true idea of what needs to happen, but every once in a while ask them for a grade on how you’re doing. [...]
A hard life lesson is how much you cannot change someone. I’m gonna say this again for emphasis. You can’t change anyone. You can inspire them to change and you can certainly support them through their change, but you cannot change anyone. Teens have an excuse because they don’t really understand this concept yet, but [...]
Sometimes your teen is right. You don’t get it. For example take the teen that has difficult periods or menstrual cycles. They can’t get out of bed and they can’t function. They either miss school or activities or they ask you to pick them up when they have done as much as they can do [...]
There’re a lot of pronouns that you use when you talk to your teen. If you recall a pronoun is something that stands in for a person(s), place(s) or thing(s). There’re common ones that are short, but sometimes you use a lot of words to stand for something only you know in your head. [...]
You would like your teen to do well in school, have good friends, clean their room not to mention help with their chores and yes you would also like them to eat their vegetables and fruits and get the required daily suggestion of water. You ask me to back you up. Ummm…can I get a [...]
Shake that one off! Being a good parent of a teen requires a certain degree of …acting! I don’t mean pretend as in lie to your teen. They don’t need to develop a sense of mistrust when you are speaking, but more importantly learn how to control your reaction to what comes out of their [...]
Don’t believe your critiques, but don’t believe your fans all the time either. It can all go to your head. You can ask any parent of a teen for confirmation on that. It’s the best feeling when your teen snuggles up to you like a kitten getting their back rubbed and is sweet as honey. [...]
