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How To Party Proof Your Teenagers

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One of the great differences that emerge between parents and teenagers during adolescence is their attitudes about parties. Teenagers can’t wait to start attending more “grown up” style parties, while parents would happily delay such events until their child reaches the age of 25! Both points of view are entirely understandable. Adolescence is all about  [...]

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How “Just Say No” Fails Teenagers

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One of life’s great reality checks is parenting or caring for young people. The process of trying to protect them and prevent them from making bad choices reminds all who try that we have very limited power. We may think we can control the world and people around us, but the reality is we have [...]

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The Pornification of Generation Z

Are today’s teenagers so immersed in a culture where porn defines the contours of mainstream pop culture, that they are not even aware why adults would be concerned? Teenagers have always been, and will always be interested in sex. It is a natural curiosity associated with growing up.  I am sure all of us have [...]

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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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Why Teenagers Take Risks

Taking risks is part of life. It is most definitely part of growing up. If we don’t take risks we never learn about our own capabilities or discover the joy of new experiences.  Risk can be good, but they can also be unhealthy. Part of an adult’s role in nurturing teenagers is to encourage risks [...]

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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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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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What Most Concerns Teenagers

Besides the important issues of Facebook updates, applying Proactive solution, and not running out of mobile phone credit, what is it that really concerns teenagers these days? What would you say concerns the teens in your life? Would you guess  global warming,  getting a job, cyber-bullying? What about poverty or  terrorism? This week Mission Australia [...]

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Hannah Montana: Grown Up or Sexed Up?

As you are probably well aware Hannah Montana is all grown up.  It appears in order for young females (or young female pop stars) to grow up these days they need to be overtly sexual as if they are trying to prove something. I wonder what message this sends to our girls, and our boys [...]

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Teenage Girls & Twilight Movies: What is Going On?

With the recent release of the third movie in the Twilight Saga: Eclipse I have decided to write a post for those of you, who like me, are wondering; “what is so good about these movies?” Admittedly there are a lot more of us males asking that question than females, yet it is a valid [...]

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