Before takeoff

April 13, 2012  |   For parents of children,metaphors to help facilitate communication   |   Click on title to comment!

If you have ever been on an airplane before takeoff, you know that the flight attendant has to go through a safety pre-flight routine. Parents are instructed that, in the event of an emergency, when the oxygen masks come down from the ceiling, they are to first put on their own masks and then attend […]

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Parents Magazine on Sirius

April 13, 2012  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

Parents Magazine is Launching a Limited-Run “Parents Radio” Series on SiriusXM: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/parents-magazine-launches-limited-run-parents-radio-series-on-siriusxm-2012-04-12

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Teen pregnancies down

April 11, 2012  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

New data shows that the pregnancy rate among teens in the U.S. is down, although still high for an industrialized nation: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/04/10/teen-birth-rate-hits-historic-lows http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=629892 http://family.lifegoesstrong.com/article/good-news-about-teenage-pregnancy http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/teenage-birthrates-at-record-low/    

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“You’re fired”

April 09, 2012  |   For parents of teenagers,metaphors to help facilitate communication   |   Click on title to comment!

Motherhood can be a thankless job. It requires endless sacrifice and toil with little to no recognition. When a child is younger, a parent’s job is to care for him in almost every way. At one point, every element of a child’s life goes through his parents; every appointment, every necessity, every engagement, school, friends, […]

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On raising teens

April 09, 2012  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

2 teens have written a book on how to parent teens: http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/04/would-you-take-parenting-advice-from-teens.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9192071/The-guide-on-how-to-raise-teenagers-written-by-teens.html here are the book details: http://www.crimsonbooks.co.uk/book/details/9781905410712/megan-lovegrove-and-louise-bedwell/teenagers-explained and some links for parents: http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0509/Mother-s-Day-Parenting-teenagers-is-like-a-personal-action-movie http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-lamar/parenting-teens_b_1485934.html  

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