Communication

Go With The Flow: 10 Ways to Easily Engage Teenagers

One of my axioms about working with teenagers is: “Adolescence is like gravity,  It is much easier to work with it than against it.” A lot of the talk about dealing with teenagers focuses on how to combat or overcome the forces of adolescence.  As adults it can be easy to think of the teenager [...]

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Why Mobile Phones Are Essential For Teenagers?

We are all very familiar with teenagers who absolutely must have the latest fashion item or trendy gadget that is taking the world by storm.  It was true when I was a teenager (Reebok Pumps or Walkmans anyone?) and nothing much has changed.  As long as teenagers have access to money there will be people [...]

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Parents & Teenagers: 5 Must Have Conversations (ii)

This is the second part of two part post on conversations parents absolutely must have with their teenagers, preferably  before the teen years. I want to acknowledge before continuing that talking about these topics will happen more effectively as a series of short conversations over time rather than one long conversation.  These short conversations are [...]

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Parents & Teenagers: 5 Must Have Conversations

Communicating with teenagers is not always easy.  In fact sometimes it can feel impossible. When confronted with overwhelming levels of grunts, rolled eyes, and expressions that say “Why are you destroying my life by continuing to exist” adults can feel it is all just too hard. While communication can be challenging, it is important, and [...]

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Should Parents “Friend” Their Teens On Facebook?

Parents, are you a friend of your teenage child on Facebook? If you are do you know if your teen is happy about it? A survey, released last week by AOL and conducted by The Nielsen Company, sheds some light on one of the new battlegrounds of modern parenting. According to the survey, of 1,024 [...]

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Teenage Spirituality: Does It Matter?

What do today’s teenagers think about the big questions of life? In a consumer society like ours, is there a danger teens consider life to be about the acquisition of stuff?  Are they too busy rushing from one experience to the next chasing achievement or thrills?  Or are they seeking some meaning beyond the material [...]

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Inception, Ideas, & Teenagers.

Have you seen the movie Inception yet? I’m no movie critic, but I can thoroughly recommend it – great movie.  If you haven’t seen it don’t worry, I won’t give too much away. The basic plot in the movie revolves around messing with people’s minds through their dreams.  The title of the movie comes from [...]

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How Can You Tell If Your Teenager Is Suicidal?

The death of the 16-year-old son of a prominent British baronet has again focused attention on the tragic cost of youth suicides. The international press reported last week that Alexander Codrington, the eldest son of Sir Christopher Codrington, apparently shot himself while on the telephone to police after reportedly being upset about a break-up with [...]

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The Do’s & Don’ts of Helping Teens During Divorce

No one sets out in life to get divorced. But it happens, and it continues to happen, and it continues to affect not only the adults but also children. In the previous post we explored the impacts the divorce of parents has upon teenage kids. In this post we will look at some of the [...]

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Keys to Understanding Teenage Anger

Angry disaffected youth. It is an image or stereotype that has become so commonly associated with teenagers that it has become unhelpful.  While not wanting to perpetuate unhelpful and inaccurate perceptions of adolescence, anger is a genuine experience of being a teenager. Many people associate anger as something to be avoided or feared.  Extreme expressions [...]

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