From the category archives:
To Hug or Not To Hug
A parent is concerned about the amount of hugging that goes on between her daughter and her friends. Can you really hug to much? She did not remember hugging everyone when she was in high school and is concerned about the behavior. I have also noticed this with my [...]
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I am posting a Dear Abby letter on teen cutting that was in the newspaper last week. This young girl is a “cutter” and she is very insightful as to why she is cutting. Cutting was new to me and I have learned that many of our teens today have become cutters to cope with stressful [...]
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Teen runaways seem to be very common, some think about it and others act on it. Some go to a friends house and spend a few nights wanting to make a point. But for others it is not quite as simple and can have life long ramifications for them and later future generations.
Anyone that has [...]
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When Your Teen is Embarrassed to be Seen with You
This morning I received an email link to an article that really hit me, most likely because this has been an on-going issue with both of my teens. Not so much the one in residential treatment because obviously he is not living at home, when he [...]
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This is the Saturday Morning Stretch!
Top Five Teen Stress Escapes
According to teens in this video these are the best “Teen Stress Escapes”:
Sleep
Friends
Feed the Face
Random Acts of Silliness
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They have done a good job, the problems arise for teens when they have NO “teen stress escapes”. What would you add to this list?
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A couple of interesting articles that were forwarded to me this week, both dealing with troubled teens that are consistently getting into trouble, who should be held accountable the parents, schools or the courts?
A woman in the UK started out in law enforcement and now does coaching for teens and families. She was frustrated with how [...]
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Teens are constantly trying to manipulate us to get their way. My son who is in residential treatment tries to manipulate us even though he is hundreds of miles away. Recently he decided he was not going to receive our weekly phone calls and refused to talk to us. As hard as it was we [...]
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