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A Bet You Can’t Lose
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
Safe at Home!
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
In Praise Of…
When I was growing up I had the good fortune to be a student of a school district that gave two grades in every subject. On every report card there would be a grade received for the subject and then … Continue reading
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It Turns Out Your Parents Were Right!
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
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
Warn Your Daughters About the Creeps!
We had another one of those stories in the news the other day. You know the one where a couple of high school girls admitted that they had become sexually involved with their adult male coach. I have heard these … Continue reading
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Influencing Your Teens: “Leading By Example”
How can we, as parents, have greater influence on our teenagers? We love our kids, we send them to great schools, we afford them tutors, travel teams and private lessons, we tell them specifically what we value and want for … Continue reading
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Teens and Stress
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
What Your Kids Told Us
We recently surveyed over 1,000 central Indiana teens to better understand their stresses and how they cope. We thought you’d be interested in the findings. These teens are most concerned about their grades, relationships with parents/family, relationships with friends and … Continue reading
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