High school is really about creating opportunities. If your teen wants to be a jock, so be it. If they want to be a nerd well, so be it and if the mood suits them and they want to be a party girl well again, so be it. Perhaps not what you would recommend, but [...]
The Women’s Movement in the sixties and seventies required a different agenda than today. One might say that the choices of today’s teen girls are endless and yet, there are those who marry to leave home, fail math so a boy will like them and opt to get pregnant or fake a pregnancy to keep [...]
Maybe you’re old enough to remember Mikey, the young boy in the Life commercial? He liked the cereal that no one else was going to try. Your teen can take a lesson from this; Mikey gets the whole box of cereal to himself. No one else was daring enough to try it and it ended [...]
If you notice that your teen is feeling out of sorts. Sure you should make an appointment to see your pediatrician, a therapist or counselor, but something else your teen can start doing before then is to help somebody. Lending a hand to someone in need is an awesome way to get some love back. [...]
Like your glass of wine or stop for a happy hour drink, your teen may feel like they have worked hard all week and would like to relax and unwind with a cool one. Teen drinking is not only significant because it is underage drinking, but there are more harmful effects with binge drinking than [...]
“Who you dissin’?” The familiar ring of a high school brawl about to ensue. Teens are very clear when they have been disrespected. They aren’t always clear on giving that respect to others, peers, adults or authority figures that is. Perhaps in this time of instant gratification their thought is that you simply get respect [...]
As a parent in a moment of frustration you might hear things come out of your mouth that you would have sucked your teeth at or rolled your eyes if you had heard it as a teen. Most likely you had this reaction because you saw it for the hypocrisy that it was. Yet, there [...]
There are some teens that are simply struggling to figure out what they’re going to do with their lives. They stand like a person at a bus stop waiting to learn what their passion is. And there are some teens that just know. They have known all their lives. They have it all planned out [...]
“Hey are you going to that movie this weekend?” “No, I heard it sucked.” “Who said it sucked? Come on, let’s check it out. That actor is so good and he always picks great projects.” “Maybe next time, a reviewer this morning said, ‘Walk don’t run.’ I’m not seeing it.” Would you see the movie [...]
Arguing with anyone is an art, but especially with your teen. When you argue with your teen it isn’t simply about the argument since the argument itself is a teachable moment. It certainly isn’t about being right either. No, it’s about teaching your teen how to argue. When you use this as the reason for [...]
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