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Meanspeak’s Mark
This is NOT a blog about teen suicide. On the front page of The Dallas Morning News today, April 4, 2015, Saturday, the title on the lead article reads, “You can’t take back the words you say…teen’s...
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A BOLD New Realization (a re-run by popular demand!)
I don’t know about you, but I just LOVE to learn new things. Especially things which explain life and help me get a more positive understanding. You may not know the name Martin Seligman, a professor...
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How do we help kids develop “post-traumatic growth?” Asset 4
(A re-post by popular request) We’ve been considering how to help our kids come out on the “high side” after they experience a difficulty in life (being bullied, not making the basketball team, not...
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Summer Driving Might Not Be So Sunny!
When you read the stats on teen driving during the summer, it really gets your attention. This just in from AAA (American Automobile Association): Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, an average of 10...
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Why She Drinks
(Photo from Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2013) At a time when I hear many more young women (teens) drinking more and more, it was surprising to read this article’s title, “Why She Drinks” in The...
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Keep Calm and Parent On: Thoughts Teen Suicide
It is oddly troubling to discover that not only is teen suicide a problem in our community but that it strikes so many others as well. My heart goes out to each community, each school, each family...
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REAL Questions from REAL Parents: A Zillion Social Lessons…if at first you...
In last week’s blog I offered a list of some REAL questions I’ve received from REAL parents. You may have noticed that they were quite broad-ranging! That’s because during the parenting of teens,...
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REAL Questions from REAL Parents: Sometimes my kid seems SO ungrateful! How...
images thanks to Courtney Hedger and Gaetano Cessati from Unsplash This mom is NOT the only one of us to think, “Wow! Am I raising a pack of over-indulged, snotty brats?!” ENTITLEMENT is the perfect...
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The Right Amount of Busy
Thanks to Pixaby Like me, I’ll bet one of the first things you noticed about The COVID Shutdown of Spring 2020 was that suddenly we weren’t so BUSY all the time. I observed families sitting outside,...
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MOM!!! I’m FINE!! _ Too much noise?
(thanks to Minh Pham and Unsplash for photo) Let’s give a big shout out to Nina Kraus for her article, “Hearing Too Much in a Noisy World,” in The Wall Street Journal on Sept 11, 2021. She calls our...
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