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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He has been living on his own since the end of June with numerous friends and no permanent address. They have been kicked out of various “camping” areas but seem to be surviving while living on the streets. I think there may be 6 regulars in the camp group and sometimes it grows to more than 10.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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