Archive for March, 2009
March 30th, 2009 at 06:02pm
Under Teens/Tweens
What do you do when you and your teen are having a discussion or an argument and they walk away from you? Do you yell after them, “Come back here!” or “Don’t you walk away from me!” Or do you just stand there, not knowing what to do, hoping that they will come back and [...]
Continue Reading Taking Down An Empire: How to Tackle Teen Anger
Tags: Listening to Teens, Parenting advice teens, teen anger
By Susan Epstein
March 23rd, 2009 at 07:18am
Under Teens/Tweens
Daniel Rosenkrantz, Coaching Parents of Teens
Some parents are so busy that they have to schedule on their calendar when they are going to spend time with their children. Because of work, personal, and other responsibilities and commitments, they have one half hour each day to sit down and find out what’s going on with their [...]
Continue Reading Listen Up!
Tags: bonding with teens, communication with teens, Listening to Teens, Parenting advice teens, teens
By Susan Epstein
March 19th, 2009 at 06:50am
Under Children+ Family+ Teens/Tweens
Staying calm when your child is pushing your button is the biggest challenge that parents face daily. Kids will push back with the begging, pleading, whining and “in your face I hate yous”. When they do this it is infuriating whether they are 4 or 17 it stings and gets right at our “heart guilt”.
“Am [...]
Continue Reading Who Else Wants a Peaceful, Harmonious Home?
Tags: calm parenting, disrespectful kids, parenting advice, yelling
By Susan Epstein
March 16th, 2009 at 06:55am
Under Teens/Tweens
Daniel Rosenkrantz, Coaches Parents of Tweens/Teens
“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for
authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place
of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their
households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They
contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the [...]
Continue Reading Ancient Greece Part II: Teens are Teens
Tags: ancient greece, Facebook, Socrates, technology, teens
By Susan Epstein
March 11th, 2009 at 11:44am
Under Children+ Family+ Teens/Tweens
The author Anne Tyler wrote, “One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that other people will never know about.”
Did you ever spend an entire day shopping and cooking a meal from scratch?
When you served that meal did your [...]
Continue Reading Parent Coach Susan asks….Do You Feel Appreciated For All You Do?
Tags: appreciation, dinner time, free parenting help, Laundry, parent discussion, parenting advice
By Susan Epstein
