The Top 10 Dos and Don’ts of Talking to Teens about Sex
Yesterday, I was on NBC’s LXtv, discussing teens and sex. While this is often a touchy subject for parents to broach as it can be mixed with embarrassment, controversy, and confusion, it’s vital that parents are talking to their children about sex rather than [...]
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Think that because your teens aren’t talking to you about sex that they aren’t doing it? Research tells us that 1/4 of teens have sex by age 15, and some are having it as young as age 12. While many parents are hoping that their teen is in the percentage of teens who aren’t “doing [...]
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Anger Management Quotes:
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned” (Buddha)
“Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.” (Thomas Fuller)
“If you are patient in one moment of [...]
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“Can you provide your thoughts on the trend we have been seeing with parents over scheduling their children, with an activity sometimes every night of the week. Is there a general agreement with child development specialists as to what is an appropriate number of activities by age?”
I get this question about children and over-scheduling quite [...]
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Some teens feel that they must be perfect at everything. Perfect grades. Perfect clothes. Perfect body. Perfectionism puts an enormous strain on a teen’s everyday life. Here’s the most recent clip of Dr. Robyn Silverman appearing as an Expert on The Tyra Show dealing with perfectionism and teens who are constantly striving to be perfect.
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There it is. A Marshmallow. Big, white, mushy, sweet yumminess staring your child right in the face– saying “eat me!” Could your child resist if he knew he’d get two if he waited out the challenge? Would he eat it before the researcher even left the room?
Waiting…is hard.
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You are what you watch.
UCLA School of Public Health released a study this month providing additional details to the link between television viewing and childhood obesity. It demonstrates that the link is not all about the amount of TV watched, but rather, the number of junkfood commercials witnessed by the viewer over time.
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Trying to kick your smoking habit? Have an older teen/young adult who needs to quit? Let smokers eat cake! Well, that’s what the studies show. Our self control (our Powerful Word of the Month) can only go so far.
This may be the reason so many struggle with restrictive New Year’s Resolutions. It turns out, if [...]
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