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Tips to shift your gears to relax mode

According to the American Institute for Stress, stress is the number one problem for Americans. We face it on a daily basis, here are a few tips to help you shift from stressed to relaxed.
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Relaxing as a Parent

Learning to relax is tough, yet here are a few ideas that may help you with the great idea of relaxing as a parent.  May you seize the moments.
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Tips for Working With Teens

Give your teen some space. They value and need privacy and solitude.
Respect your teen’s privacy. Violation of this rule, except when your child is in danger, is a parents worst sin.
Get to know your teen’s teachers, principal, and attendance secretary. Make sure they know you want to be informed of any problems regarding your child.
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Stress and Adolescents

Adolescents often react to stress in their lives, with defiance. Parents then often react to this defiance with anger which in turn increases the teen’s stress.

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Answering Questions About Sex

As parents we want to ensure that as our children get older and have questions and concerns about sex that they’ll turn to us for honest answers.

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Teens and Peers

The influence of peer groups become increasingly important as children reach adolescence. This is a normal stage of development where a child begins to pull away from the family group to find security in their peer group.

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Teenagers and Moodiness

Ups and downs regarding moods are quite normal during adolescence. Teens who are best at coping with their moods have parents who take time to listen and talk.

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Communication With Your 13-18 Year Old

Although young children usually exchange thoughts and feelings quite easily, adolescents are not often so communicative. Failure to communicate is just as much about one person’s failure to listen as another’s inability to talk. How many battles between parents and children arise because neither side has made the effort to understand?

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Recommended Books on Parenting Teenagers

Adolescence; by Elizabeth Fenwick and Tony Smith.
Choices and Consequences; What to do when a teenager uses alcohol and drugs:; by Dick Schaefer.
Helping Teens in Crisis; by Miriam Neff.
Get Out of My Life: but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall? by Anthony Wolf.
Keys to Parenting Your Teenager: by Don Fontenelle.
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How to Keep Your Child from Swearing

Your child is using foul language with his/her friends. What’s the best way to handle the situation?

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