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Scary Facts about Teen / PreTeen Behavior! 2008-03-28 13:05:02 Do you know what your kids are doing during their free time?
As parents, it is our responsibility to know as much as we can about what our teens/preteens are doing. This isn't always easy. The reality is...we probably don't want to know. But we need to!
To help you understand the disturbing issues our kids are facing today - and why they need our guidance now more than ever - here are some scary facts pertaining to today's youth:
Tobacco use primarily begins in early adolescence. Every Day 4,000 young people ages 12-17 smoke their first cigarette. An estimated 1,140 of them become daily smokers.1/3 of all smokers had their first cigarette by age 14. 90% of all smokers begin before the age of 21.8% of middle school students are current cigarette smokers – 9% are female, 8% are mal Read more:Scary
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Parents: How Well Do You Know Your Teen/Pre-Teen? 2008-03-28 11:22:25 Communication is the key to connecting with our kids. Good communication creates good relationships, poor communication creates bad ones. But even poor communication is better than no communication at all! It shows that we are still involved in our kid's lives. If we are not communicating at all - then there is nothing left.
How do we begin to communicate... effectively?
By getting to know our kids better. Basics like what are their likes/dislikes? Who are their best/worst friends? What accomplishments/troubles are they facing? Sounds simple, right?
Well, answer these few simple questions to determine how much you already know (or need to know) about your child:
When was the last time your teen shared a story with you about something that happened during their day?Who is their favorite m Read more:Parents
Welcome! 2008-03-24 15:03:05 Welcome to the Be a Real Parent blog.
What is meant by "Real" parent? It means not just being a "friend", the "party pal", a "cool parent", etc. It means being a grown-up, true, loving, guiding, strict, boundary enforcing parent. My hope is to provide parents and other adults with helpful information that will assit them in their struggle with raising a teen and/or pre-teen.
Each update will be filled with statistics, suggestions, and other content pertinent to today's growing youth. Let's face it, "kids" today are facing many more challenges than most of us did. That requires a new way to parent them. We can't do everything that our parents did and expect them to turn out like us. We have to be stronger, more observent, more consistent, and certainly communicate more with our kids - if Read more:Welcome
Communicate with your Teen/Pre-teen 2008-04-02 12:23:17 The most important piece of advice you will get from this site... KIDS NEED PARENTS, NOT FRIENDS.
How do you be a good parent, but also build a relationship full of mutual respect, love, and a level friendship? You TALK with your teen/pre-teen!! Notice, I did not say talk AT them - talk WITH your them. What's the difference? From their prospective - preaching at them versus having a conversation with them. Preaching gets no results, while studies show they actually listen to information presented in conversation form.
Communication is vital! It connects us to each other, it creates relationships. A good relationship comes from good communication, while poor communication inhibits relationships. Keep in mind that even poor communciation is better than NO communication! No communication Read more:Communicate
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