Lon Woodbury at Struggling Teens recently wrote a blog post about his experience hearing Amy Chua speak and the difference between his expectations of her and what he actually came away with.
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Being a Parent
I was recently asked “What are 5 to 10 things parents can do when their children are in middle and high school to prevent substance abuse?” Now that I am nearing the end of my “troubled teen” parenting years I wish I had the answer. Personally I don’t think as parents we can “prevent” substance [...]
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I am humbled! Out of misery comes recognition, Troubled Teen Blog, or TTB as I like to call it, is on this list! The list was assembled by the Family Nurse Practitioner Programs and I didn’t even know the blog was there until I chanced upon it. WOW-WEE Top 50 Mommybloggers for Family Health Tips. [...]
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When he was entering the sixth grade, my husband and I had made plans for Josh to attend military school. The phone calls from his elementary school about behavior were becoming more and more frequent, our family life was completely disrupted, he was already on pretty substantial doses of stimulant and antipsychotic medications;
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Read about the author and part one of this story by clicking here I Can’t Control My Teen’s Choices, My Journey To Understanding – Part Two The texts started coming in around 2:00 PM today. I was on the phone speaking to a woman about a household project I’d been working on. The first one [...]
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A personal story from a guest blogger sharing her experiences coping with a troubled teen. She is from New York State has a blended family and a mother of six. One of the six has special needs along with her troubled teen.
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Just last week we had an interesting situation with one of my son’s friends parent. This “parent” is out of control, she is a single Mom and her son is the Alpha. In my opinion for years she has wanted to be her sons “friend”.
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Mark Redmond: The Need for Authority in Relationships with Troubled Youth. … while every situation is different and every adolescent different, I do notice patterns. And one pattern that is painstakingly obvious is that too many parents are not setting limits for their kids. They either don’t want to set limits, or they don’t know how to set [...]
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