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.
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 [...]
Twice a year the residential treatment facility my son attends has a 3 day parent conference. At this time parents have the opportunity to meet other families, the staff and teachers. The conference goes into detail on how the residential treatment center deals with our adolescents and their issues. They also provide parenting workshops to [...]
Parents Of Teens Need To Feel Wanted The teen years are a time of independence. They now feel like they really do not need us, according to them they can get along fine without our help. In all the parenting manuals we are told to give our teens more space, so they can exert their [...]
This week I was with a friend who is a stepmother, her stepdaughter is in her early 20’s. I have a stepson in his early 20’s, plus two biological sons that are younger and adore their older brother / stepbrother. I was surprised to learn my friends “stepdaughter” is adamant that she does not want to [...]
When your teen is in a residential treatment program or a therapeutic boarding school families receive limited phone time a week. At the treatment program my son is with we receive one 20 minute phone call a week. In the past they have been very friendly, fun and we always look forward to them but tonight was [...]
I was once a teenager. I know what it is like to be a teenager, I know how teenagers think, I know everything about teenagers. Why can’t I parent a teenager? It may be easier to be a teenager than to PARENT a teenager. It is amazing how un-cool I have become in a short [...]
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