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 [...]
It can be very frustrating trying to meet new people and make friends. This is especially true as teens transfer into new schools, new cliques and new social situations. Not everyone is sincere, loyal or worthy, but your teen doesn’t always know that and so their just frustrated.
One thing your teen should consider in the [...]
“I’m not talking to you anymore! I’m so over you!” Sound like a conversation teens or kids in grade school have, huh? Try parents. The hurt a teen feels from hearing this from someone they thought was their friend is exponentially multiplied when the person they hear this from is their parent.
Your teen walks around the [...]
Do you believe in Santa Clause? Okay so maybe your teen doesn’t believe in Santa Clause any more, but does your teen believe in all they could be? Just like the faith required to believe in a Santa Clause or spirit of something like Christmas, there is a faith that your teen needs to in order to [...]
It is very difficult for a parent to consider that their teen has no friends. They see them doing things alone and not part of any crown how much more the “in crowd.” They look so lonely. Sad?
If you had the opportunity to talk to this teen, they might tell you that they don’t mind. [...]
You become who you hang around. When your teen hangs around unmotivated people, they can become unmotivated. If they hang around successful people, they learn how to be successful and they become successful. The influence of people your teen chooses to hang around can be powerful. It can inspire your teen, or stifle them.
On some level your [...]
“Daddy’s princess,” “Little Man,” “Gordo,” “Skinny Minnie,” these nicknames are in their own way endearing, but at some point when your toddler matures, develops their self-consciousness, and begins to take on the prejudices of society; gordo is going to mean fat.
Once gordo is no longer endearing, your teen will start to think about what their [...]
At some point your teen is going to date. Maybe they’ll live at home maybe they won’t. But sooner or later, your teen will be interested in someone, date, maybe get married, etc. You know how it goes, but do you remember how it starts?
It starts in your head. When you were a toddler, you [...]
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