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
Parent Tips
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
You Can’t Make Me
Backtalk is a natural part of growing up. It’s another way of testing limits. Try to find humor in the situation. If you can keep your sense of humor, backtalk will be just one more of those annoying things kids do, and not the end of the world. Who Me?Does your child sound like anyone Read More