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Decoder - Breaking down teen culture, substance abuse, and parenting Tips for Dads on Talking to Your Teens We?ve known for years that involved and connected fathers raise teenagers who do better in school, have healthier relationships, and stay out of trouble. Not bad for a job that we all want to do well. But sometimes things get in the way of becoming the father we want to be. Our work demands increase, [...] Airborne Toxic Event - Attempts at Connecting with my Teen Daughter As many of you are well aware, it?s not always easy for us parents to connect with our teenagers. They can be moody. They can be withdrawn. They can turn on the tight-lipped, arms-crossed, eye-roll, leave-me-alone posture with incredible ease. So how can we break through this teenage angst and get them to open up? Parenting [...] The New Diluted Community Service Years ago, I worked with a young man who had been court ordered to do community service for a vandalism incident following several other infractions. He chose to volunteer in a nursing home to fulfill his 40-hour obligation. After going for several weeks, he developed a close relationship with a 90-year-old woman. They played cards, [...] TTYL: How Generation Text Prefers to Talk Earlier this week, the Partnership released a survey with MetLife Foundation showing that one in four teens would prefer to talk to their parents about drugs and alcohol by using email or their cell phones. Meantime, only three percent of parents want to discuss these subjects by cell or email. I don?t blame them [...] Prescription Drug Abuse: Is It Really a Problem? While many people still don’t see the intentional abuse of prescription drugs as a serious problem, one mom I’ve come to know well, Misty Fetko, can tell you just how serious a problem it is. On the morning of July 16, 2003, two days before her son Carl was supposed to leave for college she found him unconscious and not [...] ?Mom, What?s an Abortion?? Oh, to be the parent of a tween! Last week my son came home from school and after settling in, sat down at the kitchen table and said, “Mom, what’s an abortion?” At this point, I am used to the open conversations we have about these sorts of topics, but it never ceases to amaze me the [...]
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