Today I have the pleasure of meeting my youngest sons probation officer. He has been picked up twice for drinking, I have already spent two days crying about how I have gone wrong and now I have accepted that he is on his own path. As you can imagine a teen that is having trouble [...]
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Lessons for Parents: Responding to Bad Grades I receive an email today from the Insider’s Club of the Love and Logic Institute. Sometimes I read them but most of the time they go in my trash, but today’s subject really spoke to me, “Responding to Bad Grades”. We have an ongoing battle in our house [...]
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Where is our education going? Where are our societies priorities? It appears to me when the bell rings – the teachers are done. We have called a few meetings with the teachers and counselor to see what could be done to get his grades improved. Out of 5 classes, two of his teachers showed up; at another meeting one teacher attended. We sat there with the counselor, reading the notes the teachers had written. The English teacher coaches Girl’s Tennis after school therefore she could not make it. Uhhh, she couldn’t take 15 minutes to meet with the parents of one of her student’s that is failing her English class? I have tried contacting her and she is very unavailable. What is her priority, Girl’s Tennis or a student that is failing her English class? The administration seems to be fine with it; in my mind I am thinking what message is the student getting from the school?
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He sat up tall in his chair, wore a buttoned up collared shirt, his pants were clean and his shoes were new. His hair was cut and he was clean shaven. He looked the officer straight in the eye and answered his questions honestly and with respect. He had a lot going for him but [...]
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I don’t know about you but while some are celebrating the end of the school year I am cringing to think about my sons grades at the end of his freshman year in high school. As they transition to high school, I have been told by many “professionals”, that poor grades during the freshman year [...]
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“Teens Learn Coping Mechanisms and Healthy Ways to Solve Problems” I feel very fortunate to have a guest post by one of the staff that deals directly with teens at Heritage Schools in Provo Utah, a residential treatment center. He explains in great detail how they deal with difficult moments with the teens at Heritage. [...]
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Eating disorders are and can be one of the cruelest and scariest mental illnesses a teen will suffer from today. At one time I was more up to date on the statistics but I think it has one of the highest morbidity rates of all the mental illnesses. What concerns me is all the hype and growing press around [...]
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Drug Testing, Urine Tests They Are Not Always The Answer Vinegar. Lemon juice. Drain-cleaning products. At least one of these items is probably in your kitchen. And any of them can be used to beat a drug test. It has been recommended that you drug test your teen, they were caught smoking marijuana or using drugs. [...]
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