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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

A recent State Farm survey of 652 14- to 17-year-olds, conducted by Harris Interactive, found that 57 percent said they sent text messages while driving. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration telephone survey discovered that drivers ages 18-20 reported the highest level of cell phone use in a crash or near-accident, and were three times […]