Learn how to communicate with your teen.
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I think you’ll agree when I say:
Teen years sucked!
And now you’re the parent and your teen needs your hand to help guide them through the blind chaos. But you feel like you can’t do anything right, in their eyes.
In today’s blog post I’ll walk you through a step by step guide on how to successfully respond when your teen ACTUALLY talks to you.
A new school year is just around the corner. For many this means new cloths, new look, and reuniting with old friends. But for some, ringing in a new school year comes with copious amounts of anxiety and dread.
A lot has changed since we went to school. How do I know? Because I get the opportunity to work with tweens and teens on a weekly basis.
The one thing that never seizes to amaze me is how much kids don’t want to stress out their parents. For example, if they are getting bullied online or in school, they would rather suffer in silence than tell their parents.
You fend away bad dreams, kiss boo boos, and shuttle your tiny tot to far away places. But the number one thing that you do as a parent is teach.
Teaching is The Main Act of Parenting
As parents we teach in a variety of ways. Direct teaching includes showing your kid how to put her dirty clothes in the hamper or your son how to tie his shoes. But indirect teaching is where the majority of childhood education occurs. This style happens in between the “teachable moments”. When we forget that our kids are watching.
A study revealed that we check our social media accounts, on average, 17 times per day. To some that may not seem like a lot, but add it up. At 10 minutes a check and that’s almost 3-hours of your day, gone. And for what?
Oh Good Lord The Inefficiency Is Out of Control!
When we get distracted during a task, like emailing for work and then clicking over to our newsfeed, it takes us over 23-minutes to get back to the same work efficiency that we were at pre-post check.
Schools (almost) out for summer vacation.
Is one of the scariest things to hear for a parent of a teen struggling with depression.
Without the forced social outlet how will teens get the much needed human interaction hauled up in their rooms?
Think your kids don’t have an opinion about your electronic use? Think again.
In a recent study, kids from the ages 10-17 had some very strong messages for their parents. Basically kids want some rules around their parents tech usage such as, don’t text and drive, and put the phone down when your talking to us.
What ever happens to the cool kid in school?
A recent study discovers, not much. In fact, kids that peak during their teen years are more at risk to abuse alcohol and drugs, and are less competent to maintain social relationships entering adulthood.
Arm your child with the necessary skills to survive cyber bullying.
You begin your search to find something “new,” “fun,” and for “everyone.” Okay, you got it! You plan a day trip to a park that’s 1.5 hours away (it has waterfalls therefore it’s worth it). Starting out you’re full of optimism, knowing that this time will be remarkable. You’ll take great pictures to post on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more! Your family will share laughs, you and your partner will have quality conversations, as the kids go and explore. Oh this is going to be a great day!
Then something happens… you leave your computer desk and all hell breaks loose!
“MOM! He won’t give me my shoes!”
“DAD! I don’t have any underwear, can I be like you and skip it?”
In your own head: (bleep!) Where did I put the charger for the camera!?
“Get in the (bleep bleep) car or NO treats!”