My Diary
The best way to understand your teenager is to remember what it was like to BE a teenager! Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not […]
Archive for March, 2015
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Lock up- or the beginning of adolescence!
Like the “Lock up” stage of building, when the builder allows the homeowners take over the interior design of a home, we as parents must allow our teenagers take over (to some degree) the final stage of their own development. […]
Pick Your Battles and Learn to Let Go
Fighting with our teens is so exhausting, and yet so important. However, in a world where it is possible to fight about everything from smoking to cereal, it becomes essential to pick your battles. It is a matter of mental […]
Child Behind Door Number…
There is only one thing harder than living in a home with an adolescent – and that’s being an adolescent. The moodiness, the volatility, the wholesale lack of impulse control, all would be close to clinical conditions if they occurred […]
Broken Record-The Art of Arguing with Teens!
Arguing is not only healthy it is essential for your teen, but the endless exercise of persuading and bickering can drive a parent distracted! The Broken Record Technique will help to moderate the endless hours of argument and help you […]