Archive for April, 2008
« Previous EntriesSanity Savers for Raising Today’s Teen Today Show Friday April 25
Monday, April 28th, 2008Let’s face it, parenting a teen is sometimes like walking through a minefield. They’re usually moody, stressed and sleep deprived. Then add those hormones kicking in, and it’s enough to throw up your hands. Well don’t. The thing is teens desperately need our connection. And they desperately need our guidance. The parenting secret is picking […]
Turning the Florida Teen Beating Into a Teachable Moment
Saturday, April 19th, 2008There is one cardinal rule about children that law enforcement and mental health professionals are well aware: Do not ever give notoriety to a teen-initiated crime, suicide, school shooting or homicide. Ever.
Front-page coverage to such a tragedy actually increases the odds that an emotionally fragile teen (or teens) will duplicate the act. It’s called […]
Mean Girls Gets Meaner Watch out for the new trend of physically aggressive girls
Saturday, April 12th, 2008A disturbing video of a violent physical attack on a teen girl hit the wires this week. Her assaulters were six teenage girls—cheerleaders at the local high school—and their actions were calculated and animalistic. In case you missed what happened in Lakeland, Florida here’s the recap:
On March 30 six teenage girls lured a 16-year-old former […]