Tips for getting kids involved: http://www.liveinnanny.com/blog/10-ways-to-get-your-kids-involved-in-the-kitchen/ http://www.housekeeping.org/blog/10-ways-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/
Read More »Teens trying to find jobs
June 19, 2012 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
Job-hunting teenagers in cities across the United States face the third bleak summer in a row. http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/16/usa-cities-teens-idINL1E8H33YV20120616
Read More »Don’t mistake a grain of sand for the blister it may form in the future
June 13, 2012 | For parents of teenagers,metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
Imagine your teen is walking a long journey across a desert. Any grain of sand that enters her shoe may eventually form a blister if it stays there. However, if you stop her at every step to clear out her shoe, the trip is going to take a long time. Some of the grains fall […]
Read More »Behavior charts
June 12, 2012 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Parentcontracts.com has designed a set of contracts, Family Values Worksheet, and behavior chart to assist parents in creating a loving, structured environment free of arguments and contention. http://www.timesunion.com/business/press-releases/article/ParentContracts-com-Announces-Relaunch-of-Parent-3627210.php charts are available here: http://www.parentcontracts.com/behavior-charts/
Read More »Sexual imagery online
June 12, 2012 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
A recent study finds that while kids and teens are finding sexual images readily accessible, they are keeping it at a distance, often by using humor, and it seems that they still have very conventional ideas of what’s good and bad: http://phys.org/news/2012-06-teenagers-raunchy-imagery.html
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