Teenagers
Published: 14/01/2008
"Caleb it's time to take out the trash." The fight following that simple request was like a tornado ramming into the house and taking off the roof. Screams erupted and before I could back out of his room we were in a shouting match over a chore that would have taken less than two minutes if he...
Published: 13/01/2008
Being a teenager into today's society isn't easy. While they seem to have the best of everything, with the opportunities the generations preceding them would have loved, they are also carrying a large burden of peer pressure. There's a degree of cultural expectation which means that in order to...
Published: 09/01/2008
So math wasn't my best subject. Alright, it was my worst subject. I'm more of a language person, really. Considering my father taught statistics at the local university, and that everyone in my tiny town knew him, it was rather embarrassing. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be good at this," my...
Published: 08/01/2008
As a parent of a teenager, how would you describe your relationship with your teenager last year? Did it go as well as you had hoped? Are there any areas you would like to improve in the New Year? If honesty was required, than I bet every parent of a teenager would agree there is room for...
Published: 08/01/2008
A new year is here, and with it comes new beginnings. For many parents, one resolution they make is to improve their family relationships. There is no better time than right now to take positive steps in your relationship with your teenager.
Yet, like many other New Year resolutions, some...
Published: 03/01/2008
Miranda is the mother of two teenage boy ages 15 and 16. She loves her sons very much. They are not perfect kids nor does she expect them to be. She has watched them grow up from babies. Their farther died when they were very young. They have never really had a full time adult role model. Lately,...
Published: 03/01/2008
83% of college students will experience crime. What will the other 17 % do different?
I was sitting around the dinner table talking to my kids when the subject of college came up. They shared all their hopes and dreams about the college life. I thought to myself man this a big step for kids...
Published: 28/12/2007
Many children find themselves hopelessly in debt after leaving home. They go off to college, wanting to take on the world. The independence they suddenly experience leads to decisions that are not always best for them. Many of them have not had to deal with financial responsibilities. They...
Published: 25/12/2007
When parents give children the approval to start dating, they think the child is mature enough to handle stressful situations. Dating can be an emotional time at any age, but when a child is learning to cope with pressures provided by someone who is a peer, things can lead to trouble real fast....
Published: 24/12/2007
When students think of learning a foreign language, the first thought is of books, exercises, audio cassettes and all the rest. Those are all important and fundamental to learning but the time comes when you need to spice things up a bit.
After all, you need to maintain your studies over a...
