Facebook has just recently launched their safety page to complement the safety center they unveiled in April. This was welcomed news for parents with teens that use facebook and for users in general. They provide a good amount of safety educational information for members and specifically, parents, teachers and teens. They have also launched a [...] Read more »
Finding Help for Troubled Teens and Their Parents
If you have a teen in trouble, as their parent you will be worried. Just how worried depends on what precisely is wrong with your child and why. There are so many areas in which teens can go off the rails today. They could be involved in drugs, alcohol, crime, depression, weight gain or loss, [...] Read more »
Parents and Teens: Reclaiming Trust and Repairing Damaged Relationships
Your troubled teen is running with the wrong crowd and has become alarmingly defiant and rebellious … again. The messy hair, dingy clothing, and body piercings continue to be the norm. Since your teen has “experimented” with drugs and alcohol in the past, you’re certain that he or she is back to the same old [...] Read more »
Drinking Teens – Serious Consequences for Parents
As an adult you know you did plenty of stupid things when you were a teen. Maybe that’s why teen drinking is a growing problem. Maybe our guilt as parents prevents us from being too strict about teenage drinking. To add fuel to the fire, hundreds of times a day our children see and hear [...] Read more »
Parents as Career Coaches
Parents help us discover the gifts and the callings that God has for our lives. Parents help children and teens discover their vocational interests and the motivational gifts. Parents identify the steps and resources that are necessary to develop the qualities and talents that children and teens possess. Parents know that children and teens [...] Read more »