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3 Things Every Young Teenage Boy Needs

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This past weekend I have enjoyed observing via social media a good mate being a loving father to his son. As I have read the occasional update and seen a ‘twitpic’ or two of their father son camping trip, I have been reminded of what a formative time of life it is for young boys [...]

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How Generation Z Are Being Shaped by Technology

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Has technology changed the way teenagers tick? Teenagers today still go through puberty, adolescence, and all the associated personal and relational dramas that go along with that. So their basic desires, needs, and questions haven’t changed. But we need to acknowledge that the technology they have grown up with has completely changed the way people [...]

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Teenager: My Life Is a Catastrophy!

What do you do when confronted by a distressed teenager who is certain their life is ruined? Recent events have destroyed their hopes of a meaningful and enjoyable existence. During adolescence teenagers are a mix of massive insecurity, fluctuating hormones, rapidily changing brains, increasingly sophisticated thinking abilities, and terrifying new levels of self-awareness.  All of [...]

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Blaming Teenagers For Adult Fails

On a few occasions in recent weeks I have been reading criticisms of the current generation of teenagers and found myself continually asking the same question – “Is it really the fault of teenagers?” I found myself asking that question because it occurred to me that there was only one side of the story being [...]

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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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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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The 3 Deadly Sins Comitted by Parents of Teenagers

Being a parent is not easy.  It is a huge responsibility that requires significant skill and wisdom, and kids come with no training or resources provided. Then when you finally get it worked out for children they go and hit puberty and turn into adolescents. Lately I have been doing some research into best practices [...]

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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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Teenagers & Sexting: What is It & What to do About It

18-year-old Jesse Logan considered sending sexually provocative pictures to her boyfriend to be a normal part of an intimate teen relationship. They were young and in love, and of course she trusted him. As can happen in teenage relationships Jesse and her boyfriend broke up. He then thought he could share the pictures of Jesse [...]

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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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