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Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

Archive for March 2008

March 31st, 2008

High School Confidential, Episode 3: Jessi

In the third episode of High School Confidential we met Jessi. Jessi was “terribly, terribly shy” when she was a child so her mom put her in acting and she loved it. Her parents were engaged, but split up before Jessi was born. She never met her father.
When asked what she expected from her first […]

By Christine -- 2 comments

March 30th, 2008

Sunday Reading

Put down the newspaper and pull out your laptop. The Internet has your parenting back.
Parenting My Teen tells us how to cope with bullying.
There’s a new internet game called Miss Bimbo where “Girls are encouraged to compete against each other to become the ‘hottest, coolest, most famous bimbo in the whole world.’” Disgusting.
Did you hear […]

By Christine -- 4 comments

March 28th, 2008

Paris Hilton is a Role Model?

Paris Hilton is in Turkey to help choose the new Miss Turkey 2008. She said she’s not just looking for a pretty face, but she’s also looking for a “good heart” during her time judging the competition. “I’m going to look at how the girls carry themselves, what they look like, the way they dress […]

By Christine -- 11 comments

March 28th, 2008

Positively Friday

Today is the last day of Spring Break and we are taking the kids to Busch Gardens to ride some rollercoasters, see the shows and have a day of family fun!  Speaking of families and fun, what did you do this week with your kids that was fun?

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By char -- 3 comments

March 27th, 2008

Helping Teens Through a Pregnancy

Yesterday I talked about a mom who I believe did not handle the news of her daughter’s pregnancy very well. Cheryl even admitted she could have handled it better when she found out her fifteen-year-old daughter, Justine was pregnant. I don’t know the whole story. We only saw glimpses of their life and the whole […]

By Christine -- 5 comments

March 26th, 2008

High School Confidential, Episode 2: Courtney

In episode 2 of High School Confidential, we met Courtney and her family. Courtney was a good girl who relied on her faith to help her make the right decisions. She was a cheerleader and a soccer player with hopes to play soccer in college.
As they interviewed Courtney before she entered high school they asked […]

By Christine -- 1 comment

March 25th, 2008

High School Confidential, Episode 1: Lauren G. and Cappie

Have you been watching the show High School Confidential? It is the brain child of Sharon Liese, a single mom of a twelve-year-old daughter. The show documents the lives of 12 girls from the start of their freshman year in high school until their graduation and everything in between. All twelve girls attended Northwest High […]

By Christine -- 2 comments

March 25th, 2008

Tween Communication - Seize the Moment

I needed to run a few errands today and since the kids are home on spring break (and so is Dad), I put out a call for which of my three kids wanted to join me. Granted the errands were pretty dull, but my middle child - Miss M, the 9 year old social butterfly […]

By char -- 1 comment

March 23rd, 2008

Jonas Brothers Concert Report

This just in!!! I checked my email a few minutes ago and found a Jonas Brothers concert report from Alexandra in New Jersey. She is a regular contributor on my Doll Diaries web site and told us a few days ago that she was so excited to be going to the concert this weekend. I […]

By char -- 1 comment

March 23rd, 2008

Sunday Reading

The Easter Bunny says, “Check out these links.”
If only we knew what our teens wanted from us. Well here are some things teens wish their parents would do.
Depression is a very serious illness. How can we Help our teen overcome depression?
In her own words, a transgender teen tells her story to Mom Logic. Very interesting.
YPulse […]

By Christine -- 0 comments