You know that feeling you get when your boss wants to chat with you on a Monday morning? That’s the same one your teen can feel when you suddenly walk in to have a chat with them. Know why? They get this feeling for the same reason you get this feeling; You know your boss [...]
You didn’t realize this, but you signed a contract when you decided to have your teen all those years ago. Just in case you missed it because you were so blissfully happy they were born healthy and smelled of baby smell, I have cut and paste it here for you to read carefully now that [...]
You know that freak out thing your teen does when you ask a simple question and they start yelling and waving their hands and ranting about how you always do this and why cant you do that because it’s so obvious they’re in the middle of … That’s a stressed teen. Sure it’s called being [...]
Help?!!!! Unless your teen has a large building crushing their body, you may never really hear these words. I’m not talking about a whiny teen who is nagging for you to do what they should be doing. I’m talking about the teen who doesn’t want to ask for help for fear it makes them look [...]
You can’t burst into the room and blurt out, “What do you know about birth control? You don’t need it anyway and finish your H.W.!” Yep, I think another tactic is in order. Parents often struggle with the thought of bringing up the “sex talk” or anything related with sex or babies or sexuality…you get my [...]
There’s that moment when you get in close to kiss someone and the birds are floating around your head and then you smell it, their breath. Ugh! This is one example of things that involve such great tact and what grownups like to call maturity. What do you do? What do you say? How are [...]
This is a short list of three things you can do differently to improve communication and your relationship with your teen. Ready? 1. Believe what they say I know there’s the old joke how do you know a teen is lying…their mouth is moving. Har har har, but try and give them the benefit of [...]
