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Relieving Anger and Tension in the Home
June 03rd, 201105:21 PM ETIt’s important that our homes be a place where everyone can release their tension in appropriate ways and find a respite and relief. If not, your teens will find ways to self-medicate the tension away through drugs, alcohol, promiscuity or self-harm. The pressures of their world are far greater than when we were kids, so let me share with you so... -
Empower Your Teen
February 25th, 201107:02 PM ETDo you remember teaching your child to drive a car? How could you forget? Did you ever grab the steering wheel to keep your rookie driver from hitting another car…or a tree…or a mailbox…or a kid on a bike? Hopefully that didn’t happen too often—it’s bad for the blood pressure and the insurance rates! While there may be rare momen... -
Is Your Child Being Bullied? 9 Steps You Can Take as a Parent
February 25th, 201104:12 PM ETAs we all know too well, name–calling, cruel taunts, cyberbullying and physical bullying happen every day to kids across the country. When your child is being bullied, it's hard to concentrate on anything else—all you want to do is make it stop immediately. Janet Lehman, MSW explains what you can do to help your child—and what could ... -
Leading Your Lost Teen Home
January 28th, 201104:39 PM ETWhen you’re lost, having someone to lovingly lead the way back home is a wonderful blessing. That, not shaming or lecturing, is what teenagers need from their parents when they are lost. A few years back I bought a GPS (Global Positioning System) device. For me, it may be the single best idea since the invention of fire. It always knows right... -
A Father’s Critical Role
October 28th, 201004:24 PM ETDon’t be fooled into thinking that dads aren’t all that important. Kids need dads to validate their self-worth. Many problems can come to a family and to future relationships for the children when a dad is absent or not as involved with his kids as they need him to be. Not only does an absent dad make it hard on the mom – w... -
CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY TO PARENTING TEENS
August 09th, 201001:16 PM ETWhen I recently asked 3,000 parents what they would change if they could start over again in their parenting, the number one response was, “I’d be more consistent.” I suppose these parents now realize that their inconsistency led their teen and their family to a place they really didn’t want to go. Whether rooted in misplaced love, or fro... -
How To Connect With Your Teen
July 12th, 201010:41 PM ETAre 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 you discuss such items as academics, work, behaviors, privileges, sports involvement, picking the right friends, choosing the right cloth... -
Prodigal Fathers
June 17th, 201002:48 PM ETHave you ever considered the father figure in the Parable of the Prodigal to be the focus of that story, not the wayward son? After all, the word "father" is mentioned many more times than the word "son." A "prodigal" is defined as one who "spends extravagantly." While the son spent his inheritance; it was the father who was the most extravag... -
Undoing Parenting Mistakes
May 20th, 201010:57 PM ETDon't you wish there was a great big "Undo" button in life; where you could completely erase your parenting mistakes? I bet some parents would give anything for such a button. Unfortunately, there is no such "undo" button. But perhaps the best way to avoid the need for one is to avoid the kind of mistakes parents sometim... -
Parenting Super Hero or Not?
April 05th, 201001:49 PM ETBeing a super hero works out pretty well in the movies or comic books, but when it comes to parenting, rescuing your teenager every time can lead to problems. It can spoil their ability to see the world as it truly is, and it can cause uncaring, self-centered and entitled thinking in your teenager now and throughout their lifetime. Parents are wir...
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