Sometimes High School is just one big lesson on social relationships, friends. Your teen spends the first half of the teen years pulling from you; actually, getting as far away from you as possible and running to their friends then one day… Their friends know more, are cooler than you and they have their back. One day [...]
“I’m not doing that! I’ll look like an idiot. I ain’t lookin’ like an idiot.” Have you heard that before? Maybe it came in the way of, “I want to hang out. My friends’ll think I’m a dork if I’m the only one that doesn’t show up because I’m doing my project so early.” Lou [...]
Your teen was born into this world by themselves. The balance you will create for them is that they are here by themselves as an independent force, but with the support of others. Support, but they still have to do it on their own. This is about holding your teen accountable for things they must [...]
Teens can be reckless sometimes. They can be inconsiderate, selfish and downright frustrating. They think they know, but they don’t. They want to tell you how to do your job, but they don’t know enough to do theirs. They have doubt all the time, but they can’t tell you that so they act like they [...]
In your relationship with your teen something will become very apparent at some point. Their chronological age and the maturity age of your teen. These are two different ages. They’re important because they help you put your teen’s responses and needs in context. This is great information because you can modify your expectations depending on [...]
If you heard the screech of brakes and the crash of the collision between cars or a car and an immobile object, you would feel? If you were the co-driver in the car while your teen was driving when you heard that crash, it would be difficult to stop yourself from grabbing the wheel to [...]
Sometimes I think video games serve two purposes sure there’s the entertainment which allows for escape and distraction, but then there’s it’s uncanny gauge of maturity. If you ask a tween what they do in their spare time they’ll say things like play outside or play video games. If you ask them how much, they’ll [...]
