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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Autumn Peach Bath Salts
Soothing bath salts recipe for your teen to make as a craft. Great activity for youth group get together and fall camps. Learn how to make Autumn Peach Bath Salts here.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
How Well Do You Really Know Your Teen?
An important goal when communicating with teens is talking with them just to talk. This helps build and strengthen the bond between you. While it can be hard 'just to talk' with a teenager, it is possible! Stay involved in things that interest them, make a favorite meal with dessert or text them on their cell phone. These times offer an opportunity for you start a conversation and get to know your teen as he/she becomes the person he/she is going to be.
Take our quiz and see just how well you really know your teen. Jot down some of the questions you aren't sure of and put them in your next conversation.
Fall Activities for Teens - Week Seven
These fall activities for teens can be done individually, with friends or with the whole family. Each week has four different types of teen fall activities: Make This (Recipe), Craft This, Learn How and Get Out and Go! Each activity idea is fun for your teen. Check out week seven's fall activities for teens now.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Enjoying Halloween with Your Teen
Yes! Halloween is right around the corner and I am dusting off my Halloween Dinner Menus and Halloween Kids Recipes so I can join in the fun. I get very excited when I find things for my teen and I - plus the rest of the family - to enjoy together. Halloween is one of those times in our home.
While my teen may want to have a Halloween party or attend one without their family tagging along, I do get time with her while we enjoy decorating, making Halloween crafts with friends and I already mentioned cooking gross stuff, right?
So, my advice is not to let the Halloween holiday pass by without connecting to your teen and enjoying them. Just because they may not be trick or treating anymore, doesn't mean the Halloween fun has ended. Plan something! Even if its just enjoying a spooky movie together with orange cheese popcorn.
Let me know your ideas in the comments area.
This post is part of the Blog Carnival at the Family Crafts site at About.com for Halloween. Do you have a blog? Join us!
Parent Review: How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk
Heather Gatley reviews How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlishy for us. Read her review and see why she gives this book 4-stars.
Write a Review: Best - or Not! - Books for Parenting, Teens and Raising a Family
Which parenting book have you turned to in a time of need? Which one would you call your parenting manual? Or has the book you've read recently not met your parenting needs, or worse? Share your thoughts, opinions and advice on parenting books you've read by writing a book review for our parenting books list.
Why do teenagers give in to peer pressure?
Sometimes we just have to ask ourselves the very same question. Why do we conform to peer pressure? Sure, it sounds scary when we think of our teens being molded by their peer group. But have you thought about how much you are molded by your peers? It's not the peer pressure parents need to be afraid of so much as the negative behaviors the peer group is involved in. If we can change the negative behaviors into positive behaviors, hmmm... that would just make peer pressure pretty darn helpful, wouldn't it?
Related Resources: What to Do When Your Teen Is Being Influenced by Negative Peer Pressure
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Out of Control Teen Daughter, Single Dad Seeks Advice
007Dad on our forum: I am a single parent and my beautiful 15 year old teenage daughter is acting out and I have a good suspicion she is doing drugs or something, but no proof.
I have put her on restriction and she sneaks out, I have tried taking things away and she adapts. Every time we have those father daughter talks, all I get it what she thinks I want to hear.
I have seen snoop software that will record every phone call and text message from her cell phone, and record everything that happens on my computer when I am not home.
I know this sounds a little James Bond. But after hearing about those drug parties that are going on where the kids take drugs from their parents home and put them in a bowl and then they just start taking them, a girl died a couple weeks ago from doing this and this has me extremely concerned. I think the James Bond tactics are more then fair if it saves her life. Please tell me what you think?
Denise's thoughts: While I can understand why you feel the need to get the software, in your case I wouldn't bother. If you think that your daughter is taking drugs and doing things she shouldn't, it's time to act.
Make your rules and the consequences clear. Tell her you are going to start checking up on her, and then do it. Start calling parents of the friends where she says she is going to be and go to the parties and pick her up.
But beyond that, start some preventative action by finding other places for her to be and things for her to do. Activities, sports or a job. Something that takes up her time. Sit down with her and start talking about her future and hand her some dreams about what she can be doing beyond partying this weekend with friends. I always found my teens got very interested when catalogs from technical schools and colleges would come in the mail in their name. Go to the websites and sign her up for some.
Try placing your energy in creating something positive for her, instead of trying to 'catch' her. You're already are sure she is doing things she shouldn't. You don't need to validate that to parent her. Now, if you think she has gone too far and you aren't able to help her past her problems, you can look into Programs for Troubled Teens. Otherwise keep trying.
Asking our community: Do you have some advice to offer this Dad? Has your teen gone out of control? How did you handle it? Please share your experiences, advice and opinions in the comments area.
Fall Activities for Teens - Week Six
These fall activities for teens can be done individually, with friends or with the whole family. Each week has four different types of teen fall activities: Make This (Recipe), Craft This, Learn How and Get Out and Go! Each activity idea is fun for your teen. Check out week six's fall activities for teens now.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Money Saving Tips: Redoing Your Teen�s Room? Shop the Yard and Garage Sales!
Teen like being unique and there is no better opportunity to allow them to be so that in their own space, with their own stuff. But obtaining that stuff can be costly! In our home we have offset some of that cost by refurbishing and creating useful things from attic, garage sale or yard sale finds. Think of it this way, a wood lamp can cost you anywhere from $25 to $60 dollars at a furniture store - not including the shade. You can get a workable lamp for $2-$5 at a yard sale and paint it and cover the shade for another $5-$10. That is a $10 to $20 savings and your teen has made something that is unique to themselves.
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