Five Secrets For Success With TeenagersPsychiatrist, Foster W. Cline, M.D., offers the following guidelines for parents of teens. While they won’t guarantee trouble-free relationships, over time they can help parent and teens more fully enjoy each other. * Wise parents pay for “good guy” auto insurance. Teens pay the difference when their insurance increases because Read More
Category: Teenagers
Empathy Overpowers Anger
Parents who are strong enough to let kids experience the consequences of their actions also need to help kids feel loved. Too often parents or teachers mete out consequences with anger. Missing empathy, the child feels no love and blames others for his/her own mistakes. A parent recently told a nationally-known educator on child discipline Read More
Holidays and Your Teen
Holidays can be pretty trying for parents of teenagers. This is the time of year for big family get-togethers and connecting with old friends. But things will be different this year. This year the thought of facing family members or friends you haven’t seen for a long time sends a cold chill through you that Read More
Riding the Wave
Surviving The Teen Years The teen years are like so many crashing waves that are so large we think they will surely drown us. We’ll do a number of things Question: If you swim into the natural path of a crashing wave, do you tell the wave to stop or do you prepare yourself for Read More
Teen Rules
Safety Net Or Butterfly Net? All children want and need limits:although they’ll never admit it. It’s pretty basic and yet very complex. Without limits, kids feel insecure. Limits give children a sense of safety, knowing they can only go so far. It makes them feel like part of a protective whole – a member of Read More
Do I Have To?
Children learn how to be responsible. Chores are important.Teaching children how to do work around the house may seem like a chore in itself. However, the rewards are great: you get the help and your child learns to take pleasure and pride in being a competent,contributing member of the family. Or, at least that’s the Read More