As a parent of a teenager, you know that there are many different issues you must face. It is not easy to be a parent period but especially at such a trying time in your child’s life. You will find that among many things you must face from your teenager,…
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If you have a teenager in your life, it is important that you do everything you can to try to help them handle the stress that they will face. Teen stress can lead to drugs and alcohol use, depression and many more problems. It’s important that teens know how to…
Parenting a teen is hard work. There are many issues and problems that teenagers are going through. This is a challenging age and that can be made worse by the fact that many families today are divorced and torn. The good news is that many of these families find a…
If you have children, you know that being a parent is one of the hardest jobs out there. It’s not easy knowing that how you raise your child now will determine the type of person they will be as they grow older and what type of contribution they will make…
When you are an adult it seems that it is almost impossible to come up with ways to spend time with your teenager. It is as though you have nothing in common, and live in two different worlds. With our busy work schedules it’s easy to get wrapped up in…
Today’s fast paced society places growing demands on our memory. The day to day chores of laundry, shopping, meal preparation, kids functions, homework, car and house maintenance, are just a drop in the bucket to what’s on the “to do” list found on our refrigerator door, bathroom mirror, or somewhere…
The holidays are touted to be the time of year to be joyful and most of all have fun and spend time with family and/or friends. For some, however, the holidays when families and/or friends gather to celebrate and share the joy of the season, are not joyful. Because family…
When a parent is involved in their child’s education it makes a big difference in how the child learns, behaves, and grows academically. When the schools and parents work together it improves the community, student and teachers altitudes improve and students seem to do better in school and life in…
Democracy: According to the Children 02/05/2003 Summerhill, an independent school in deepest Suffolk, has been described as the “oldest children’s democracy in the world”. Since it was founded in 1921, it has been a source of horrified fascination to the British media. But serious educators across the world see Summerhill…
Junior year of high school is a great time to start preparing your teen for going away to college. They might argue that it’s far away and there’s no need to plan so far in advance, but there is. If the parent’s are paying for tuition and books, then most…