Archive for October, 2007
A New Lifesaving Show — All About Teen Driving
Monday, October 15th, 2007
You can listen to the new show by visiting Parenting My Teen and clicking on the ‘Listen Now’ Button.
October 15th - 20th is National Teen Driver Safety Week and our guest on this weeks show is Allan Ramsay co-founded the Safe Teen Driving Club.
He joins us to talk about what parents should be most concerned about when it comes to their teen driver and he gives up specific tips and information on how to raise cautious, save & law abiding teen drivers.
SAT Help For Your Teens
Sunday, October 14th, 2007The SAT that our teens take today isn’t like the one we took years ago.
Did you know that in March 2005, the SAT became a longer, more challenging, and a lot different? The SAT is now 3 hours and 45 minutes long. What was known as the Verbal Section has been renamed Critical Reading and the Analogies questions have been eliminated and replaced with Short Reading Passages.
An SAT Writing Section has been added, which contains multiple-choice grammar questions and a 25-minute written essay. Finally, the Math Section has been expanded to include three years of high school math — in other words, it now includes harder questions in the area of algebra II.
Coping With Your Teenager’s Mood Swings
Friday, October 12th, 2007If you are the parent of a teenager, you are familiar with mood swings. One minute, your teen is happy and loving, the next they are sullen or angry. These mood swings can happen fast and can seem to come out of nowhere.
You may find yourself wondering what you did or said to cause this shift in your teen’s mood. The truth is, you probably didn’t do anything wrong at all. Your teen’s mood swings are normal, and there is not much that can be done to stop it.
Teen Confidence Tips
Saturday, October 6th, 2007Many teens suffer through the pain of never feeling good enough. They face pressure to fit into a crowd among their peers. Feelings of inadequacy are the norm for teens, as they are many times unsure of themselves.
Use these tips to help build your teen’s confidence:
1. Encourage mental and social growth. Involve your teen in academic clubs and after school activities in which she’s interested. Look at every extracurricular activity as a way for your teen to learn and grow. Nurture your teen’s strengths and help her develop expertise in the areas where she is most knowledgeable.
As a mom - it breaks my heart when …
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007I have to stick to my word. I mean, with 2 teens in the house, we always encounter situations where in the teens do something that can get them grounded … whether it be because of bad choices or bad decisions on their end or unacceptable behavior/attitude. Today, the teens tried to trick me into driving them somewhere (extra curricular activity). After chatting with them, I suddenly realized that I had grounded them both for a week (over the weekend for something they did over the weekend). So,I said … “Hey, both of you are grounded (remember … from the weekend) … so you can’t leave”. My teen daughter tried to ask me to “un-ground” them while my teen son just insisted that they were not grounded and that I was unfair for just deciding to ground them whenever I pleased. Honestly, I was disappointed with him … I realized that he was upset - thus, the attitude. But, I do not want them to feel like they can just disregard what I said (them being grounded) and pretend that nothing happened.
Talking to Your Teen about STD’s and Safe Sex
Monday, October 1st, 2007Kids today are learning about sex earlier and earlier. The biggest problem is: much of the information they’re getting is wrong. I cannot begin to tell you the incorrect and sometimes crazy things I’ve heard from my friends about sex, and much of this was when I was in college. That’s why it’s important for parents to talk to their kids about safe sex. That way, they get correct information from a reliable source. This could not only keep your child from becoming a parent too soon; it could also save their life.