It can feel like your teen is running the show by the time you have to walk on egg shells in your own home. Actually, your teen is running the show if you are walking on egg shells in your own home. The feeling of not knowing what might disturb the calm state of things [...]
For the most part you’re the expert on your tween or teen. If you’re paying attention and listening to what your teen throws your way, you are paying attention enough to develop a gut reaction to anything your teen seems to do differently; Differently eating, using drugs or other substances of abuse or obvious changes [...]
By the time your teen is an adult, they should be happy with how they look. There are significant influences on whether this happens are not. One is how comfortable their parents are with how they look, and two is how much your teen compares themselves to people outside the home. Teens are going flip [...]
“No” whichever form it comes in is never going to be fun for your teen to hear. However, you do have the power to help your teen realize they are being asked to be their better selves rather than being penalized for where they are in life. You do this by making sure they feel [...]
Although this phrase has become associated with the military intolerance of GLBTQ, there is another context that you should use to think of this expression, your teen. Your teen has a lot on their mind. They probably should speak with someone about it. The problem is that when they finally get to the point of [...]
“No?! All the other parents let their kids have alcohol parties at their home. They know they’re having sex too, but they think it‘s better to let them do it at home instead of out there somewhere. Really, Mom, you’re such a dork.” Whatever you do, don’t be intimidated. Stand your ground. Her friend’s parents [...]
One of the hardest things your teen will do is move mid-high school. If your teen has a great network of friends and extracurricular involvement especially in their last year of high school, be prepared for a huge battle. Starting high school or even middle school is a big deal in and of itself, but to [...]
Your teen has always done well in school. All of a sudden their grades are dropping and none of the usual culprits seem to be playing a role: depression, bullying, socializing, etc. If this is happening it could mean that your teen has hit their academic wall. Every teen is going to hit their academic [...]
School has started or will be starting for many of you. In addition to the relief your teen will now be doing something productive with their day, there should be a clear game plan for the coming year. This includes setting goals, reviewing last year’s pitfalls and improving upon last year’s successes. In this way, [...]
This is true. If you haven’t heard this one already, stay tuned. It may be coming to a parent-teen argument near you. Here’s the kicker though, they didn’t. The story goes that when Halle Berry found out she was pregnant she was so happy she saved the pregnancy test. Now that’s happy. If she keeps [...]
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