Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

October 31st, 2008

Happy Halloween Weary Parents

Photo taken by my 9-year-old daughter.
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October 30th, 2008

Bloggy Giveaways Throughout the Lifestyles Channel

You still have one more day to enter for a chance to win a great CD audio program to help you communicate with your teens. Go leave a comment right now. I’ll wait.
Plus there are several other blogs in the Lifestyles channel giving away great prizes for the Bloggy Carnival. So head over and enter […]

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October 29th, 2008

Braces-Friendly Halloween Treats

With Halloween comes ooey gooey caramel and nutty chocolaty treat. Which is wonderful for those of us who totally throw our strict diets out the window, er, don’t have braces, but what about our teens with orthodontia business going on? No caramel apples for you (said in your best soup nazi impersonation).
But teens with braces […]

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October 28th, 2008

Halloween Links for Procrastinators (like me)

Are you ready for Halloween? Or you a huge procrastinator like some people (ok, me). Well I’m here to help you out. Here’s a list of Halloween links to get you ready for Friday. Yes, Friday. You have three days to get your pumpkins, costumes, crafts and treats ready. You better start today.
Pumpkins:

My kids and […]

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October 27th, 2008

Bloggy Giveaway: Win the You’re Empowered! CD Audio Program

I recently got the opportunity to review a great program for parents of teens called You’re Empowered! Parenting Teens with Conviction, Communication and Love. The author, Sue Blaney, has put together a fantastic program to help those of us who are struggling to communicate and understand our teens. Gone are the lovable kids who worshiped […]

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October 26th, 2008

Sunday Linky Love

Allstate is offering teen journalists a chance to win some cash with their teen driving writing competition.
Got teens? Then you should be reading This Full House.
The CDC says the HPV vaccine is safe.
Is Lego sexist?
Vanessa helps us understand our teen’s friendships.
Here’s 3 tips to connect with your teens.
More kids have food allergies than in the […]

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October 24th, 2008

When To See A Doctor For That Sore Throat

A teen actress from the show Gossip Girl was hospitalized earlier this week with a “severe, potentially life-threatening throat infection.” Taylor Momsen, a 15-year-old actress from the popular show, thought she had a sore throat from a common cold, but was encouraged to see an ears, nose, and throat doctor before boarding a plane. Good […]

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October 23rd, 2008

Teen Offering Parenting Advice

Earlier this evening I was in my office working away when I realized it was fairly quiet in the house. When you have five kids it’s never quiet. And it was raining out so I knew they weren’t playing outside. Something must be up. Had they all killed each other? Did somebody break in, tie […]

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October 22nd, 2008

Moms Behaving Badly

The other night I was watching Intervention on A&E. It was an episode about prescription addiction. One of the addicts was a young kid (probably around 18 or 19) who is addicted to OxyContin. His mother was also an addict, but after a relative threatened to turn her in she went to rehab and now […]

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October 21st, 2008

Breast Cancer and Teens

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. However, unless they have a relative with breast cancer, most teen don’t give it much thought. It is extremely rare for a teen to get breast cancer, but that doesn’t mean she (or he) shouldn’t stay informed. According to the National Cancer Institute, 1 out of every 7 […]

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