by Michele Borba | Jun 16, 2010 | Communication, Listening
Last year your daughter was so sweet, suddenly she has an “attitude.” Two months ago your son was your best bud, now he treats you like you’re totally “uncool.” Welcome to the world of parenting an adolescent. Throw out any of those child-rearing manuals...
by Michele Borba | Oct 28, 2009 | The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
REALITY CHECK: A 2005 nationwide sample of 1,000 teens aged 12 to 19 were asked to assign letter grades to adults in 24 categories. More than thirty-five percent of teens surveyed gave poor grades (D or F’s) to adults for failing to listen and understand teens. How...
by Michele Borba | Jul 12, 2009 | Communication, Listening, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
By Michele Borba A 2005 survey of over 1000 teens found that 35 percent gave their parents poor grades (D’s or F’s) for listening. In today’s even faster-pace, hurried world I’m betting our kids would give us even lower grades. The fact is those teen years...