Parenting Teens and Tweens
Five Critical Tips to Defuse an Emotional Teen
This is a contributed piece by Parenting Teens & Tweens co-owner Whitney Fleming, author of You’re Not a Failure: My Teen Doesn’t Like Me Either. Sometimes, it happens like clockwork. Your teen walks through the door after a long day at school, and you say…
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Not Sure How to Talk to Your Teen about Dating? Make Sure You Cover These 5 Things
While my friends all thought it was weird, when I was a teenager, I talked to my parents about the boys I was interested in. My extremely patient mom consoled me when one boy or another didn’t seem to know I existed, and my dad…
Sure Fire Ways to Inspire Girls Who Stay Interested in STEM
For far too long, women have been significantly underrepresented in STEM fields. Despite progress in various areas of society, women still account for only 35% of STEM graduates—a number that has remained stubbornly stagnant over the past decade. This underrepresentation highlights the need for concerted…
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CHANGING THE COLLEGE CONVERSATION
There is no ONE path to success when it comes to the choices our teens make post-high school. The college admission process is out of control and so are the costs to attend college. It’s time to start changing the college conversation. There needs to be less focus on rankings and we all need to start questioning what we are doing to the mental health of our teens with the demands being placed on them to get into their dream colleges. Instead, parents talk to their teens about how to fulfill their dreams – so they can not just survive but thrive in this challenging and ever-changing world.
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PARENTING TEENS TIPS
What do you do when your teen daughter no longer wants to be seen with you? Or when your chatterbox son starts responding only in grunts and sighs? Even if some of these teen stereotypes don’t happen in your house, chances are your relationship with your adolescent is changing. The good news is while parenting teens is hard, you don’t have to do it alone. Here are a few of our favorite parenting teens tips to develop a strong connection with your big kid.