PARENTING TEENS
Parenting teens is such an awesome responsibility and the most important and hardest job a parent will ever have. I am glad those years are behind me, but am always willing to listen to DD as she laments over what to do next, or if she is making the right decision. No, the 2 teens she has now are not problem children, and hopefully the others will not be either. A good parent always wonders and sometimes second guess the decisions they have made. Teen Help is a source of information that can be a great tool in handling situations that may arise with your teen, from education to health issues or problems.
What would you do if you realized your teen was using drugs? Would you yell and scream, pretend it was not happening, or let your teen know that your love was not wavering and you would seek help together. What if your teen came home and told you their girlfriend was pregnant or that she was pregnant? Would you act like it was the end of the world, they were the only ones to ever have this situation happen to them or would you be their friend when they really needed one and offer to help them cope with this change in their life. Here you can find information for almost any thing that concerns your teen from problems, to finding the best college, or just parenting tips.
Parentingteens.com is very easily navigated and even has a parents forum that is available to discuss or offer comments on parenting situations.
Thanks for the post, it is amazing how having a teenager canget you to ask yourself all of those questions. One thing I’ve always wondered, is how to know when it is really time to get professional help. Everybody says that they are just being teens, that this is “normal”. But then again, they are not the ones living with the teenagers. So do you just pray that everything will work out alright and that they’ll grow out of it? Is it just a phase? Or do you follow your gut and get them counseling or enroll them in on of those schools for troubled teens? At this point all I can say is I don’t know. I guess I will have to give that parentingteens site a call.
Comment by Patricia — July 17, 2007 @ 1:00 pm