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Something my parent taught me about parenthood Bad news You never stop feeling responsible. You always hate seeing characteristics you don’t like in yourself being exhibited by those you are responsible for. You’re never sure if what you are doing is the appropriate action and if it will result in the desired effect. What may […]

I return here to lessons I learned from caring for my dog. I repeat that in no way am I suggesting that caring for a dog is the same as parenting a teenager. Simply, that the role of caretaker has certain elements that can be generalized to both relationships. Another lesson I learned from owning […]

A great article by a friend and colleague, Sari Shaicovitch, http://clubmom.ca/blog/how-to-help-your-child-who-worries/

The following dialogue is from the TV series SeaQuest DSV (1993-1996). The dialogue takes place between Captain Bridger and Dr. Wendy. The Captain has been given charge of a teenage boy named Lucas. He is really struggling with the boy’s stubbornness and rule breaking. Most recently Lucas had sneaked out to see a girl. (Outside […]

More teens are using effective birth control: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/more-teenagers-use-highly-effective-contraception/ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-03/teenage-girls-using-contraception-more-often-u-dot-s-dot-study-shows http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/us/georgia-study-finds-teenage-girls-are-using-better-birth-control.html?_r=1 And are waiting until they are older to have sex: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139519/Teenagers-postponing-having-sex-majority-having-intercourse-19.html?ito=feeds-newsxml