Category Archives: Parenting Teens
Overweight Teenagers – How to Get Them Moving!
There has been so much in the news and on television about how many people are obese in the United States and around the world. What’s even more alarming than the adult rate of obesity is the number of overweight teenagers. Here are some ideas of how to deal with overweight teenagers and how to get them moving.
If you have an overweight teenager, you might want to consider your entire family. Is there a pattern of being overweight among your parents or your partner’s parents? What about grandparents? Were they overweight? Part of the reason for your teen being overweight may be hereditary, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something about it.
Helping Your Teen With High School
Remember when you were a teen and had struggles that your parents didn’t understand? Why have your teen endure the same situation. Aurelia Williams, a Life Coach and host of the popular Parenting My Teen internet radio program will help guide you, with tips to helping your teen with high school.
Don’t Take Your Teen’s Outburst Personally
Your teen has just told you that they hate you. Nothing pierces a parent’s heart like those dreaded words. Don’t take your teen’s outburst personally, however. Most likely their hormones are causing them to say and do things they wouldn’t have a few months ago.
Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager? Their hormones are shifting from day to day. They’re trying to assert their independence. They may also be feeling unsure of themselves because of all the changes taking place in their bodies. It’s no wonder they may strike out at you verbally. You’ve probably gone through it all before – possibly saying the same hurtful things – when you were a teen, so don’t be surprised.
Teaching Teens about Charity Work
Economic hardships and natural disasters have a way of bringing out the best in people. Instead of being stingy and holding on to their money, many people dig deep and try to help others. This could by giving money or by volunteering time. Teaching teens about charity work can be an experience your teen may continue with into adulthood.
There are many reasons why a teenager might consider giving their time for charity work and helping others. Teens often learn that being charitable has rewards of its own; they’ll see that sharing their time can help them feel good about themselves.
What types of activities could a teenager volunteer for that would make a difference in someone else’s life? Actually there are many ways teens can volunteer, some right in their own neighborhood or city.
Tips to Talk with Your Teen about Making the Right Decisions
As a parent we want our children to make good decisions. We want them to think carefully before acting, especially if the decision they make could have dire consequences. We want to teach them the process – that means talking with your teen about making the right decisions.
Part of our job as parents is to teach our children to think for themselves. We want them to be able to learn how to look at a situation from all sides and then decide what is best for them. We also want them to think about other people and how their decisions will affect others. Our goal is to give them the tools they need so they’ll be able to make good decisions when they’re out of our homes.
How to Stop the Cell Phone Wars
So many teenagers the country over have cell phones. Either they’re talking on them constantly or using text messaging to communicate with friends. While you want them to be able to stay in contact with friends, you probably also want them to stop spending so much time on their cell phones.
There are a number of good reasons why teens need to stop using their cell phones and it’s not merely because Mom and Dad tell them to. In fact, ongoing research concerning cell phone usage has proven how these phones can actually be hazardous to your health.
Crafting With Your Teen
As you know most kids love to do craft. They are happy to make anything from paper plate animals to macaroni necklaces. But once they hit the teen years, many of them think they’re too old (or too cool) for crafting.
Crafting with your kids is a great way to bond with them, and this is especially important during the busy teen years. If you can find a craft that your teenager will find both enjoyable and worthwhile, you’ll have a much better chance of talking him or her into giving it a try. And by the time it’s completed, she’ll probably be ready to create something else. Here are some craft ideas that your teen might like to try.
Dealing with Teen Stress
As the parent of a teen I think we all forget that, the teenage years are a transitional state between being a little kid and an independent adult. It is not an easy time as many adults can tell you. The stresses experienced are very real and can have devastating consequences when they are not addressed.
Each generation has their own unique circumstances. For the older crowd it was growing up during the World Wars. Then there were the 1960s with the Vietnam and “free love.” In the 80s and 90s there was AIDS, the Gulf War, and drugs. Now, we have a combination of so many things, it is hard to name them all.
