It is important that we are aware of how important our words are to our teens and not take their “whatever” attitude towards us as a sign that we can say whatever we want to them without it hurting who they become as adults.
What you think of yourself tells others how to treat you. This is what I thought as I stood listening to a patient talk about how concerned he was about giving someone else his sexually transmitted disease (STD). He described how he would be devastated to have someone be positive because of him. He was [...]
I wish I could give the gift of you seeing you as others see you. This is what I said to my patient today. However, every day I see someone I want to say this to. Ask what they think of their weight and invariably the girls are too fat and the guys are too [...]
