Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

A Little Sunday Reading

by Christine on March 2nd, 2008

Grab your laptop, curl up on the couch and get reading.

A motorist was sentenced to four years in jail for hitting and killing a bicyclist while she was texting and driving. Remind your teens not to text and drive.

New York schools are giving kids cell phones for good grades. The students can also earn more minutes, ringtones and other accessories if they continue with good grades. I’m not sure how I feel about this. Shouldn’t it be a parent’s decision to give a child a cell phone?

Recently a gay student was murdered by a fellow student. Ellen spoke about the tragedy on her talk show. We need to teach our children that being different is ok, but hate is not.

Do you need help coping with your teen dating? Make sure you keep talking to your teens about healthy relationships and expectations.

Do you think your teen might have an eating disorder? Check for the signs.

Being a teen can be very stressful. Vanessa Van Petten offers 4 tips to minimize that stress.

Getting teens to open up can be hard work. Usually you get nothing more than a “fine” when you ask them how they are. Here are some tips to get your teen to open up. Start young, be open, find common ground and spend time together.

If you think your kids are smoking post you need these strategies to deal with it. And here are some common myths about marijuana.

A new trend has surfaced and teens are abusing prescription drugs. A common drug is Oxycontin. So what is oxycontin?

Something I really need to work on with my teens is fostering their independence. It’s just so hard to let them go and let them make their own mistakes.

A teen mom’s story was pulled from the school newspaper because the principal thought it glamorized teen pregnancy. What do you think?

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