Posts Tagged ‘Parenting Teens’
10 Ways to Help Your Teen Get Over a Breakup
Teen Get Over a Breakup It may have been some time ago, but although you’re now a parent, you can probably still think back to your teenage years and remember your first breakup. How did it feel? One moment, you were on cloud nine. The next, you’ve crashed and shattered to pieces. The breakup may…
Read MoreParents: What You Need To Know About Teen Eating Disorders
What you need to know about teen eating disorders. Are you concerned about your teen developing an eating disorder? As a caring parent, the worry about your teen falling prey to societal ideas of body image that are less than healthy has probably crossed your mind a time or two—especially if you have a daughter.…
Read MoreIs Your Teen Questioning Their Sexuality? – Learn How You Can Support Them
Is your teen questioning their sexuality? For some teenagers, their sexual orientation is clear from the very start. For others, not so much. At one time or another during their adolescence, many teens find themselves in the process of figuring out where they are in connection with their sexuality. While that is a fairly common…
Read MoreHas Your Teen Learned Helplessness? – 5 Ways to Reverse the Problem
Has Your Teen Learned Helplessness? Your teenage son once again left his dirty clothes strewn all over the house. Yet, instead of nagging him about picking them up for the umpteenth time, you simply do it yourself. You teenage daughter constantly forgets her homework, lunch money, and sports gear. Rather than let her be without,…
Read MorePositive Parenting: 7 Tips to Creating a Harmonious Parent-Child Connection
Positive Parenting: 7 Tips to Creating a Harmonious Parent-Child Connection Harmony. If you’ve ever listened to an acapella quartet or a beautifully orchestrated symphony, you understand harmony. The harmonious interaction of voices and/or instruments leaves you uplifted, enchanted, and peaceful. There are no harsh sounds that prick your nerves and make you cringe… at least,…
Read MoreAre Racing Thoughts Keeping Your Teen Awake? – 7 Helpful Tips
Are racing thoughts keeping your teen awake? Thoughts Keeping Your Teen Awake? Somehow, society has painted the picture that all teenagers are compulsive night owls and sleep in every morning. While that may be so for many on weekends, parents shouldn’t quickly assume their teen is on the way to becoming a classic slacker just…
Read More4 Steps to De-Escalate Your Teen and Stop the Screaming Matches
De-Escalate Your Teen and Stop the Screaming Matches “You’re not being fair!” “Just DO IT!” “I’m not a child anymore. Stop telling me what to do!” “If you’d act like an adult, I wouldn’t have to tell you what to do!” “Just leave me ALONE!!” The words are followed by a door slamming. — Sounds…
Read MoreWhen Your Teen Self-Isolates – 5 Ways to Help With Teen Social Anxiety
5 Ways to Help With Teen Social Anxiety Socializing is a huge part of being a teenager. But what if your teen fears social situations, such as speaking in front of a group or being involved in any activity that makes them the center of attention? And worse even, what if that fear becomes so…
Read MoreParenting with Insight: Facts About Teen Depression and How You Can Help
Facts About Teen Depression The teenage years can bring a lot of ups and downs. In general, many teenagers have a tendency to be moody, unruly, self-centered, and highly emotional. All of which falls under normal adolescent behavior. But at times, there can be more. Some teens battle with bouts of depression. They’re unmotivated, indifferent,…
Read MoreCutting to Cope: Understanding the Mechanism Behind Self Injury
Mechanism Behind Self Injury Absentmindedly and unintentionally, you step into the bathroom to put up some freshly folded towels just as your daughter exits the shower. Her eyes widen. She quickly wraps the towel around herself. But you’ve already seen what she’s trying to conceal. – Scars and partially healed wounds. You freeze and stare…
Read More10 Simple and Effective Ways to Motivate the Unmotivated
Effective Ways to Motivate the Unmotivated It’s staring at you. Looming over you like Mount Everest. That monumental task you know needs to get done, but that you’re completely unmotivated to tackle. You skirt around it. You try to ignore it. But it’s still there. Steadily bearing down on you, mocking you. You know the…
Read MoreTeen OCD and PANDAS: Is There a Connection Between the Two?
Teen OCD and PANDAS PANDAS—Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with cute black and white animals. To the contrary, it’s actually a scary condition that some have estimated affects 1 in 200 children. But what does it have to do with teen OCD? Understanding PANDAS PANDAS usually…
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