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March 27th, 2006
Family Issues
Good Morning,
Sunday’s have become Teenager Day at my house. Boyfriends, girlfriends, buddies,
and such are beginning to gather around just to hang out and watch old movies. One
really sweet boy was overheard saying that his own parents were rather distracted
lately, so he wanted to schedule some time at our house just to have an adult to
chat with about life. And you know, they are all so smart, polite, and fun that
they have no problem hanging out with my little four-
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Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!
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Phrases and their actual meanings: "My teacher has never liked me.” Expect a phone
call before lunch from the teacher informing you that your child has been launching
hot dogs by compressing them inside a small Thermos and then removing the lid quickly.
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Successful Parenting is in the Details
From the time they are little babies we have an obligation to pay attention. We
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One of the biggest complaints about teenagers is their verbal assaults and overly negative attitudes. They won’t open up and talk anymore, they don’t want to participate in family activities anymore, and they have no respect for anyone but their own 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 their lives, then they don’t mistreat them later. 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 have earned 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 Tell your teen that you have noticed that they seem a bit withdrawn lately or that you’ve noticed they are flying off the handle a bit more then usual. Don’t let them blow you off and pretend that nothing is wrong. Force the issue, make them tell you what’s 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 won’t come to you to talk about all of the stress her boyfriend is putting on her for premarital sex if she doesn’t think you really care about her or if she thinks you’ll just scream and yell and make her dump the boyfriend. She wants to know that you will actually sit down together and share your personal stories and give her some really good advice that’s 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 isn’t going to tell you that he’s been offered drugs at a party and he’s 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 for 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 is a very popular country song playing on the radio these days 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 you 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’ll 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’ll help the elderly, they’ll be thoughtful about what they are role modeling to younger children, and they’ll cheer you on as you work towards your own goals and dreams.
Copyright 2005, Skye Thomas, Tomorrow’s Edge
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