Parents with children in the "tween" years should pat themselves on the back for a job well done! After a decade of protecting and nurturing their growing child, parenting can become easier at this time. However, it would be wise…
Read More Focusing On What Is Important To Your Teen As a person, you no doubt understand the joy of others paying attention to things that matter to you. It feels good to discuss your passions with others, sharing some of the…
Read More Most parents don’t have a whole lot of things in common with their teen. Sometimes, you might even feel like there’s just no way to connect with your teen at all. Not only are you and your teen separated by…
Read More Just about any teenage experience revolves around the quest for independence. Whether your teenager is going through radical style changes, mood swings, new interests, or rapidly fluctuating (and intensely passionate) musical interests, it’s helpful to understand it as a search…
Read More Are you connecting with your teenager or growing farther apart every day? Here are three things you can do to communicate and connect on a deeper level. So, what do you and your teen talk about? My guess is that…
Read More Parents of teenagers can grow anxious about the path their teen is choosing in life. They might worry about their teen’s future, or even fret over whether or not they’ll have a good relationship with their teen after they leave…
Read More A Look at Parents Reflecting on Their Mistakes If you had the chance to sit down with dozens of veteran parents to ask them what they would have done differently with parenting their teenager if they could turn back time,…
Read More When your thought patterns rub up against those of your teenager, you can either take it personally and get upset yourself, or you can use it as an opportunity to help bring healing and a new perspective to your child.…
Read More Two minutes after you see a blur of Oliver and Emma scream through the hallway, you hear a major crash in the living room. Immediately, you start berating the kids for running in the house. You head into the room,…
Read More Connecting With Your Teen Teens today are experts in the art of mass communications. They have every communications gadget imaginable and they communicate to friends and the whole world about things that might be better left unsaid. After all, does…
Read More Younger individuals expressing anger by snuffing out the lives of others in public places has become an all too common scene. Whenever such tragic events occur, a lot of parents are left wondering if their child may be the next…
Read More Well-intentioned parents, doing as they have always done to protect their children when they were young, often circle the wagons and marshal control when their teenager makes a mistake in judgment. Others keep their wagons circled all the time, never…
Read More Parents dealing with wayward teens can get tired, beat up and worn down. They may think, “I’ve been pushing against this wall forever…I just can’t do it anymore.” But don’t quit… keep at it! Dealing with troubled teens can be…
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