Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

February 17th, 2008

Tween Dating

When my fifteen-year-old was in eighth grade he went on his first date. And I began to hyperventilate. He and his date went to the ice skating rink for a few hours with his date’s mom. It was all very innocent. However, the relationship didn’t really pan out. My son only liked the girl as […]

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May 18th, 2007

New DVD on Teen Dating

Prom season is upon us and many teens will find themselves in a hormone charged environment where expectations will be high and boundaries may be blurred. At times, all common sense may be out the window. But teen dating is not limited to the prom season, and teens are dating at even earlier ages than […]

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May 15th, 2007

Real Parents Dealing With Real Issues

Where do you get your best parenting advice? I find that my friends and respected colleagues who have been through it or are going through it now have by far the best advice. That being said, here are some of the real parenting issues some of my friends are discussing this week:

Rory at Hamelife has […]

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March 18th, 2007

Teens and Dating

Gayla at Dating Dames has invited me to bring the topic of one of her recent posts, teen dating, here for more discussion. Gayla has four teens (three boys and a girl) all living under one roof, and with a school dance upon them, the boundaries of teens and dating have become topics of discussion.
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February 14th, 2007

Thai Teens Want Valentine’s Day Action

Reports in today’s news spotlight teens in Thailand who feel that Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to lose one’s virginity. Apparently the Thai government is so concerned that they have increased police patrols to curb public displays of affection and the like.
The Assumption University poll of 1,578 teenagers published last week found one third […]

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January 2nd, 2007

How Well Do You Know Your Teen? - January 2nd

Denise over at Parenting Teens has a quiz for you to take. A series of questions will lead you to the answer to the question above. How well do you think you will do? And do you think that there is a difference between how well you know your daughter “over” your son?
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December 31st, 2006

Another New Year’s Eve

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland
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November 3rd, 2006

Dads from Hell

Yesterday I was talking about pets from hell. Today I’m going to talk about a particular Dad from Hell. At least that must be what the teenaged boys who want to date David Hasselhoff’s daughters must be thinking. But to me, he simply sounds like the typical dad with two teenaged daughters. I seriously […]

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October 22nd, 2006

Man of the House

“Stay-at-home dad: It sounds like an idea for a sitcom. In fact, it was — last season’s Daddio on NBC. And, of course, it was the basis for Michael Keaton’s 1983 comedy, Mr. Mom. Yet there’s a sizable group of men — and their wives — who take the concept very seriously.
Although there are no […]

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October 20th, 2006

Tweens thoughts on love

“On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.” — Mike, 10
Wouldn’t you just love to get inside a kid’s head for a few hours just to see how they tick??
*While Shepherds Washed Their Flocks : And Other Funny Things Kids […]

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