Marijuana (and/or other marijuana products (e.g., edibles, hash-oil, “dabs”)) is the most commonly used illegal drug among teens in the U.S., and recent surveys indicate that it is now more popular than cigarettes. However, teenagers …
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What You Need to Know About Parenting with a Serious Illness
For any parent, there are challenges and hurdles along the road to raising a child, and adding a serious illness to the mix can be overwhelming. However, there are many ways to minimize this burden …
Twinkies for Teens: When Two Roads Diverged, My Teen Took the Healthy One
Today’s Parenthetical post discusses teens’ eating habits, and how parents (you!) can help your teen make healthy, nutritional choices when eating. For anyone who has seen a doctor, watched the news, surfed the web or watched a …
Setting the stage for teens’ healthy media use
TV, computer games, music, blogs, radio, smart phones . . . to say the average American adult consumes a lot of media is an understatement. America’s youth are no different. With so many media sources …
5 Things I Do Differently at Holidays with Teens
As the holiday season is rapidly approaching, some of us might be feeling a bit overwhelmed by the length of our “to-do” list. While this feeling is common, it is also important to examine why the …
Breaking the Cycle: 8 Strategies for Dealing with Conflict with Your Young Teen
A certain amount of conflict with parents is, unfortunately, a natural part of growth within the teen years. Conflict serves some very important purposes. It is nature’s way of forcing you to adapt your parenting to your …
Wise Parenting, Part 5: The Role of Knowledge and Experience
Today’s post is the fifth in a multi-part series on Wise Parenting. Each post focuses on one of six principles for parenting wisely: 1) Stay cool, calm and reflective, 2) Frame the problem appropriately, 3) Aim for the right purpose, 4) Expand the perspective, 5) Apply the …
Myths about Bullying
Bullying is certainly not new. Every generation has its trademark story or movie about the horrors of bullying. For a colleague and I, the 80’s movie My Bodyguard immediately sprung to mind when we …
When you don’t approve of your child’s friends
Peers are an important part of the teenage years. As parents, our teens’ transition to greater reliance on peers can be tricky to navigate. This week on Parenthetical we are talking about the ways in which …
Mindful Parenting
“Being present or mindful” is a goal many of us set throughout the year. How does mindfulness mesh with parenting? And what does it have to do with parenting? Learn more about this great parenting practice …