Natalia Pane, a statistician and parent, wrote an interesting book called The Worry Clock in response to the natural tendency of parents to worry lots and not always with good reason. Her motivation in writing …
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Homework Tips for Your Teen
Tell me. Did you think you had the homework with a middle or high schooler figured out? You had a homework schedule, you provided family support, AND you helped create a productive workspace for …
Laura Kastner on Helping Teens Learn from Mistakes
Dr. Laura Kastner is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington. She is the co-author of several books for parents of adolescents including one of our favorite parenting books …
Talking to your teen about sex and sexuality: Doing your homework
Your teen is bombarded with messages about sex from peers, media, partners and the internet. Combined with the perplexing changes happening in their bodies and brains, this can be a very confusing topic for teens. …
What should you do when you find your teen’s music offensive?
Many teens use music as a way to relax, bond with friends, develop their own identities and even indulge in fantasies. While music may not directly influence your teen’s behavior, it may, nonetheless, be hard …
Teens are Risk Junkies
It probably won’t take much to recall a time when we (as teens) or our children made questionable decisions. This week on Parenthetical we are reposting an article from March 2014 that talks about some …
Snapchat, Tumbler, and Vine . . . OMG!
We’re excited to share a new University of Wisconsin-Extension resource with you today: eParenting®: High Tech Kids. eParenting® is a fun and thoughtful website developed to help parents of 9- to 14-year olds use …
Technology and the Average American Teen
Over the next few weeks, Parenthetical will be focusing on the role of technology in the lives of today’s teens and parents. Did you know that 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the web? A …
Dear Lonely Mom of Older Kids by Rachel Anne Ridge
You can also view the video here: http://youtu.be/RFdxSUiEiVY Remember when it was easy to post photos of your adorable baby, or messy toddler on Facebook? Remember how you could publicly bemoan sleepless nights, and kids …
Parenthetical Interviews Dr. Laura Kastner co-author of Getting to Calm: Cool-headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens
We are featuring our first author interview!!! Parenthetical team members, Becky and Libby, had the pleasure of interviewing author Dr. Laura Kastner. Dr. Kastner co-wrote one of our favorite parenting books for parents of tweens …