teenagers

Social Media – Top Venue for Cyberbullying

May 9, 2013

From Facebook, to Twitter, to Foursquare, social media sites are everywhere and full of virtual land mines for our teens. They can quickly become a victim of cyber bullying. Anything they say can and may be used against them by a bully at school, a college admissions counselor or a future boss. There are numerous [...]

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Your Child Wants to Get a Tattoo

April 9, 2013

Teenagers are curious creatures. When kids turn twelve many are already into adolescence, a time of great change in their brains, bodies and lives. Adolescence can be a trying time for parents as well; one day this cuddly, sweet boy does an about-face and utters profanities as he slams the door behind him. All teens [...]

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3 ways to ensure that your kids never take up smoking

March 18, 2013

Hypocritical as that may sound but even smoker parents do not want their children to take up the habit of smoking. Most children start with ‘smoking just for the heck of it’ and before you know it they are well on their way to becoming chain smokers. It is precisely why people find it difficult [...]

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Love, not time, heals all wounds…

March 3, 2013

I would find it hard to count the number of times when I have shared a story with regards to something hurtful in my life in which the listener’s ultimate advice is to allow time to transpire in order for the wound caused by the painful event to heal. We’ve all heard it before, “time [...]

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Dad 101 – Ten things men should know about parenting: 10. Always make the time…

February 21, 2013

It may sound simple or it may sound terribly hard, depending on your lifestyle, but this is probably the most important advice I can give you as a father. Life has a way of getting complicated, hectic, and worse overwhelmingly busy, but nothing should ever preclude me from making time to spend with my children. [...]

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Dad 101 – Ten things men should know about parenting: 9. Stay informed…

February 17, 2013

I can easily recognize how much different my life growing up was compared to my parent’s lives. Because of this I don’t assume that my children’s lives growing up will be like mine. One of my favorite things to do with my mom is to ask her to tell me stories of when she was [...]

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