Posts Tagged ‘Parenting Teens’
Teen Discipline Articles I’ve Written about Parenting Teens
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Parenting Teens -Feature Writer at Suite101
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Back in September, I changed from being the “Inter-Child Relationships” feature writer to the “Parenting Teens” feature writer. I’ve been very busy teaching parenting classes, conducting child care trainings and being an artist in residence in two different second grade classrooms. I haven’t posted on the blog much this fall, but I have still been writing articles for the “Parenting Teens” section of Suite101.com.
So check out the “Parenting Teens” section of Suite101 to read articles about parenting teens with Positive Discipline.
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Teens and Responsibility: Positive Discipline Article
Thursday, July 31st, 2008On the “Parking Lot” board of my parenting classes, parents “park” questions that we can’t cover in class. One of the parked questions from the “Don’t Flip Your Lid” parenting class is
How do parents get through to teens about responsibility?
I will be answering “parking lot” questions from parenting classes here on the blog so stay posted if your parenting question hasn’t been answered yet. I may be writing several blog posts about each question. Sometimes I’ll share personal experiences. Sometimes I’ll link you to great parenting articles on other websites, especially the Positive Discipline website. Other times I’ll share personal experiences with my own kids as well as tips and strategies that will help parents learn effective strategies.
Jane Nelsen has written an article called
“How Do You Motivate a Teen?“
In this article, Jane Nelsen (author of the Positive Discipline books) discusses teen responsibility and attitude tools and action tools to help parents focus teens on becoming responsible. Parents, read this article first and look for more comments and tips from me in the future on teaching teens about responsibility.
Also my upcoming parenting classes will focus on responsibility tools and relationship tools and will definitely help parents teach teens about responsibility.
September 2008 parenting class
“Misbehavior Detectives: Understanding the Beliefs Behind Your Child’s Misbehavior”
as well as my October 2008 parenting class,
“Coaching From the Sidelines: Encouragement is Key to Discipline Success”
I’ll be posting a description of these classes as well as registration information in the coming week.
More “Parking Lot” questions answered and more answers about teens and responsibility coming soon.
Kelly
Have Family Meals Together – It Helps Prevent Drug & Alcohol Abuse in Teen Girls
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Several studies over the decades have linked family meals to positive results outside the home.
Family meals
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- give teens a sense of connection to their home and family
- provide an opportunity for parents to communicate with teens
But I have a feeling that it’s not just the meal factor that keeps teens away from drugs and alcohol. My guess is that the kind of parent who schedules family meals is also the kind of parent who stays involved in their teen’s life and sets appropriate limits for teens. Most likely, parents who put family meals as a priority also put parenting their teen as a priority.
I say go the extra mile and involve teens in preparing and cleaning up family meals. I teach parenting classes using the Positive Discipline philosophy. The Positive Discipline books and classes promote the idea of getting children involved in family chores, including grocery shopping and meal preparation at a young age.
Meals at Our House
Our four teens each cook at least one night a week and clean the kitchen after dinner twice a week. When each teen cooks, they are cooking with me, the mom. Cleaning up after dinner is shared by two people. Sometimes an adult and a teen clean up. Sometimes two teens clean up. We have a set schedule for dinner cooking and cleaning up.
At our house, each family member is responsible for rinsing and loading their own plate, glass and silverware into the dishwasher and the two cleaners do everything else.
Here’s the link to article on research that shows that Family Meals Can Help Teen Girls Avoid Drug, Alcohol.
Have a great weekend.
Kelly
Tip to Parenting Teens: Write to Your Teen – The Red Journal
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008I’m living in a house with three teens and one preteen. As you can guess, my parenting life isn’t a breeze!
I try to remember the big changes my kids and step kids are going through during the teen years. I get plenty of opportunities to use the Positive Discipline principles of being kind and firm at the same time. Teens need us to be firm, but also need us to be kind while we set limits with wider boundaries than before.
My preteen likes to write and so do I. Sometimes writing works better than face to face conversations with preteens and teens.
I’m a blogger for Mothering Out Loud, the blog portion of The Mother Verse website. I wrote a post about a personal parenting experience with my preteen where we wrote about our feelings instead of voicing them aloud.
Read
The Red Journal,
a blog post of mine on Mothering Out Loud,
the Motherverse’s Blog.
Have a great Tuesday and remember that teens are going through a lot of growth and growing pains.
Kelly
Talk This Way So Teens Will Listen
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Hi Readers! I was away first on vacation and then at a conference. I’m back in town for the rest of the summer.
Here’s an article I just wrote for Suite101.com called
Talk This Way So Teens Will Listen
Hope you enjoy it! I’ve used this myself with my own teens.
Kelly
