If you have a teen that’s leaving for college, you may have noticed in addition to the many other decisions they have to make they are making one about keeping or not keeping their high school significant other. What did you suggest? How did you suggest it? What were your reasons for doing so? The [...]
What a tough thing to be, the parent that is not liked as much. It can be because you’re more strict, less cuddly or you simply don’t “get” your teen. What’s important to know is that with a little patience and desire, you can be more liked than you realize. The first thing you have [...]
Your teen will most likely get a sense of who they are as a man from the man in their life. If there’s no man there, it might come from men they see in their life. Either way, what is most important is that with empathy, this identity development doesn’t have to be concocted on [...]
It can be an uncomfortable conversation asking your teen about the web history on the computer. This is especially true if they‘ve been visiting porn sites. What do you say when you realize they’re curious, interested or trying to repress the fact that they’re so horny. The simple answer is you get over it and [...]
Agreement is important to your relationship with your teen, but it’s also important in terms of your relationship with your teen’s parent, but what if you can’t agree? If you can’t agree, then you have to agree not to and be consistent. If each parent in the least is consistent then you also offer your [...]
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 [...]
