“I just keep it to myself. I like to keep the peace.”Hmmm…but you’re here today for belly pain and you keep getting these migraines. What about the peace inside of you? You’re thinking Wow I have the most amazing teen that never causes a problem. How lucky am I? Meanwhile, your teen who also wants [...]
She said, “No, I am going to use this time to figure out who I am. I think this ‘single’ thing could be very cool.” Wow, you’re only seventeen and you get that?! Sometimes your teen will grab a concept from the future and learn it early. They’ll be given an opportunity to look into [...]
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 [...]
When your teen realizes they know something others do not, they may decide to make a sacrifice of the other person in order to feel good about it. “Man, you don’t know that?!” Is one way someone can easily make someone else feel small for not having a certain skill set or knowledge. The truth [...]
“Mom, please I know.” They talked about it in health class. You’re thinking, “Whew!” You say thinking you just got out of a sex talk with your teen. In your son’s health class they ask, “Where is the clitoris?” He doesn’t know. They ask,” How many holes are there between a woman’s legs?” He doesn’t know. [...]
Love is blind. It’s very difficult for your teen to see someone’s faults when that person erases your teen’s insecurities about themselves. Your teen has all these fears about not being cute, smart or lovable by someone other than you, their parents. When someone tells them they’re beautiful well, after their eyes pop back in [...]
Something that every teen no matter how high or low maintenance needs is consistency. This is true even when your consistency requires they are denied or lose the thing they supposedly want: university scholarship, first love, mentor, night out with friends, etc. It is of the utmost importance that teens trust those who care for [...]
