Tag Archives: parenting teenagers

Reinforce the Effort!

Posted on May 19, 2010 by NextVoice

Soulful Parenting is positive parenting. Anyone who has been exposed to Soulful Parenting for very long has heard how strong the tendency is for parents and teachers to be critical with their kids as opposed to being positive and reinforcing. … Continue reading →

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A Bet You Can’t Lose

Posted on April 15, 2010 by NextVoice

I had a young fella come in to my office the other day. I’ll call him Peter. He’s 26 years old and he’s made a bunch of poor choices in the last eight years. All of these choices have had … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Hope

Posted on April 1, 2010 by NextVoice

By now you have read or heard of the story of the 15 year-old Phoebe Prince who commits suicide after relentless bullying by a group of student in her high school. It happened in Massachusetts but it could happen anywhere. … Continue reading →

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Safe at Home!

Posted on March 24, 2010 by NextVoice

With baseball season upon us it’s important to think of being “safe at home” as not only a baseball term but also a parenting goal. When our teen(s) are safe at home everyone wins. Our teen(s) have an animal brain … Continue reading →

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It Turns Out Your Parents Were Right!

Posted on February 25, 2010 by NextVoice

Remember when you were a freshman in high school and your parents told you that you couldn’t go to that party you so badly wanted to attend? Or what about when they didn’t want you staying overnight at that friend’s … Continue reading →

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Five Friends

Posted on February 10, 2010 by NextVoice

Here’s the challenge. You’ve got one day to get to know me as well as you can. But you can not ask me any questions. In fact, you can not spend any time with me. And you can not observe … Continue reading →

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Teens and Stress

Posted on December 10, 2009 by NextVoice

If you read the Soulful Parenting blog entry immediately preceding this one you will see the results of our recent survey of over a thousand Indiana teenagers. The survey asked teens to tell us what their stresses were and how … Continue reading →

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You’ll Lose!

Posted on October 15, 2009 by NextVoice

I tell parents there are two things they can count on with their teens. One is that they will oppose you and the second is that, in their opposition, they will win. That’s right! They will oppose you and they … Continue reading →

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Why Won’t My Kid Talk to Me??

Posted on September 30, 2009 by NextVoice

“My chatty twelve year-old has turned in to the teenager who only grunts. What happened?” If you have a son then what happened is testosterone. Yup, the same critical pubescent hormone responsible for the deepening of his voice and the … Continue reading →

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Anger Is Not A Real Emotion!

Posted on September 17, 2009 by NextVoice

Perhaps there is no interpersonal expression so destructive as anger. Most of us think of anger as a legitimate, if not oftentimes painful, emotion. But it is impossible to make someone angry without tapping in to another, more basic, feeling … Continue reading →

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