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Halloween decorations and costumes were the main attraction at our house this weekend. Now I am in the mood to bake something pumpkin’y.
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Quote of the Week:
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own. – Doug Larson
Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves. – Joseph Priestley
The Golden Rule of Parenting is; Do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you! – Louise Hart
Feature Article of the Week:
Successful Parenting is in the Details
From the time they are little babies we have an obligation to pay attention. We
have to make sure that the house is baby-
One of society’s biggest complaints about teenagers is that they are verbally abusive
and have overly negative attitudes. They do not open up and talk anymore, they no
longer want to participate in family activities, and they have no respect for anyone
but their friends. If you want children to respect their elders, you have to be
respectable and you have to be available to them. Nobody is going to be verbally
abusive towards someone they admire and look up to. If someone has been a source
of inspiration and a trusted source of guidance in a child’s life, then they will
not mistreat them later as a teenager. “Respect your parents!” Teenagers are not
going to give respect blindly just because you were capable of procreation. Just
like you and me, they give respect to those who deserve it -
We parents have to maintain our hands-
We need to stay focused on our children and keep watching for signs of emotional stresses and anything that can send up a red flag that they are not okay with their world. Pay attention for little signs of bad attitude the way you used to look for little signs that they were getting sick. Then when you see something is wrong, you immediately address it in the moment. Tell your teen that you have noticed that they seem a bit withdrawn lately or that you have noticed they are flying off the handle a bit more then usual. Do not let them blow you off and pretend that nothing is wrong. Force the issue; make them tell you what is going on with them.
Are they having problems with a boyfriend or a girlfriend? If you are a trusted source of guidance in that area, then they will be more likely to come to you when they are stressing about dating. Your daughter will not come to you to talk about all of the stress her boyfriend is putting on her for premarital sex if she does not think you really care about her or if she thinks you will just scream and yell and make her dump the boyfriend. She wants to know that you will actually sit down together, share your personal stories, and give her some good advice that is relevant to her situation.
You have to know who they hang out with, what their emotional state of mind is, what their belief system is about drugs and alcohol, where they go when they are socializing, and what kinds of goals and dreams do they have to look forward to? The best way to keep your kids off drugs is to make sure that they know you want them to succeed at their goals. Nothing is more motivational to stay clean and sober then a precious dream that one longs to achieve. Help them find those dreams so that they have something of importance to focus all of their creative energy on. A restless bored spirit is very dangerous to teenagers. Pay attention to their activities and what they are doing and aspiring towards. Are they bored and lonely? Are you available to talk with them about drugs?
Your son is not going to tell you that he has been offered drugs at a party and he is stressed out about how to turn them down without looking like a complete geek if he thinks you will explode. You have to have built a history with him of actually respecting his need to be socially accepted. Your son needs you to support him in his decision to stay drug free and he needs you to help him come up with creative ways to bow out gracefully.
The reason our teens do not feel loved is because they are either ignored or criticized.
They rarely get any seriously positive one-
There was a popular country song playing on the radio that tells of a teenager who commits suicide and the singer asks, “How do you get that lonely and nobody knows?” The song makes the point, that nobody cared enough about this kid to even notice that he was that depressed and had lost all hope of creating a better life for himself. Suicide is always about hopelessness. As parents, we have to watch for the signs. We have to pay attention and make ourselves available to talk to, to really talk to. No matter what your teenager is going through, you should be able to read them well enough to know if they are happy and healthy or not. We have to keep paying attention.
Put in the detail work with your children and you will have amazingly beautiful teenagers who are helpful, courteous, motivated, caring, and really fun to hang out with. Happy healthy teenagers will do amazing amounts of volunteer work, they will help the elderly, they will be thoughtful about what they are role modeling to younger children, and they will cheer you on as you work towards your own goals and dreams.
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