Obviously my ranting is not going to get my son / sons to change their ways. Especially with the new “18 year old” I have decided to un-plug from his world.
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Making Decisions For Our Teens
Stories can have so many different endings, depending on the choices that we make throughout our lifetime and the chances we take. As an adult and parent we make choices for our family, with very little training, hoping they are the right decisions. Three years ago, my son went into a [...]
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Life is never boring when you have two teenagers at home and especially with one that likes to live on the edge. I don’t know whether it is the time change or just the stress of it all, but I have been going to bed very early lately.
My youngest son seems to have turned himself [...]
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I never thought I would be on such a different planet as my kids, I had always imagined that when they grew older and able to *think logically* we would have these wonderful conversations about different subjects. Sometimes we do have good conversations, but the majority of the time I don’t know where they get [...]
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I visited my therapist yesterday, with two teens in the house, there is usually some issue going on between one or the other to disucss. At times I feel we are somewhat dysfunctional and should have a family meeting. But at the same time I do not feel like I had the tools to facilitate a productive meeting.
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Everything is a first now, prior to my son’s discharged from residential treatment everything was a last, the last night at Heritage, his last meal at Heritage, his last day at Heritage. We took two driving days to get there, Mom, Dad, Brother and Dog, we were a pretty comfortable unit. We picked him on [...]
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I was approaching my teen years at this time and I knew about LSD. In fact I think there may have been more pill popping than marijuana. This was also the time of Twiggy, Haight Ashbury, the beginning of free love. My question, do today’s parents really have it any worse today than the generations of the past? I remember this as a pretty scary parenting experience for my mom and I have to admit I was not the best kid. Even so, I did redeem myself and got good grades in high school and finished college but I did give my parents many reason to worry.
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Last week I attended the parent conference for my sons RTC in Provo, Utah. They have them twice a year. I think this was my third conference and at first I was not going to attend. But then my conscious got the best of me and I decided I should be there.
It is always nice [...]
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