You walk into your home at the end of a rough day and your teen is blaring an artist you just saw on the cover of a popular teen music magazine and looked less than presentable as far as you are concerned. You have had a rough day, this is the last thing you are [...]
“It’s complicated” This is your teen’s response after you check in to ask how their recent relationship is going. “Hmph!” You think to yourself, “complicated?” What does that mean? So your teen goes through this meandering road of a story to explain that they sort of are, but sort of aren’t still dating. You think [...]
The rat race. As your teen matures to be more responsible they enter what is lovingly referred to as the rat race, Life. Although it can be a battle of trying to get ahead, the question is always, “Who are you trying to get ahead of?” There can be the false sense that you are [...]
The way the teen brain thinks can take some getting used to. As you have probably figured out already it takes some patience. Here are three examples of logic used by teens that should help remind you of the humor, patience and guidance that teens require.
Organic Cigarettes
A teen was asked if she did any recreational [...]
Let’s say your teen walks into freshman year of high school and takes the socializing thing a little too seriously. They take it on like that is a prerequisite to getting into an Ivy League school. Their grades plummet. Sophomore year they realize their mistake and they make a great comeback! Mostly As with a [...]
Emotions that are kept inside can manifest in the ugliest ways: Violence, depression, suicide attempts, etc.. For these and other reasons, teens are encouraged to express themselves in more positive ways. They are encouraged to do something with those feelings. To tell someone what is on their mind, but teens seem to have an innate [...]
After making a mistake, the last thing someone wants to hear is “I told you so.” Yet, teens hear this all the time when they have failed to follow the instructions laid before them. “Whatever” their eyes seem to say as they roll to the back of their head. WHAT-ever.
Here, “I told you so” sets [...]
There is a moment that your teen will need you as if they were still a child, and you will not be there for them. For whatever reason, at that moment, your absence will mark for your teen the realization that they are alone in this world. This can be a very lonely and scary [...]
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 be [...]
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. [...]
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