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Let it be said, when I was a teenager you couldn’t have kept me from a football game or Homecoming dance. If George and Judy would have tried – it would have been a mutiny. Not so much for our 16- year old. He could care less about either, which brings me to my dilemma. Do I . . . → Read More: To Push or Not To Push…The Age Old Question  8 comments - (Comments are closed)  Family Matters  Raising teenagers, to push your kids or not push your kids Christmas morning, 1996 Note: When my “baby” was approximately 18 months old, I worked with a gal who had two teenagers. This gal was a very “open” person, and would often walk around nude – in front of her kids. In fact, I remember her telling of a time they went on a family camping trip . . . → Read More: Teen Parenting – A Brave New World 10 comments - (Comments are closed) Family Matters, Miscellany How to talk to your kids about sex, mothers and sons, Raising sons, Raising teenagers, Teens and driving safety The sophomore brings me the back-to-school mile high stack of papers to peruse, and read, and sign. Amongst the packet is the Student Handbook, which we are to “review with our student” and sign simultaneously. The Table of Contents alone is nearly two pages long, including everything from “Skateboards and Bicylcles” (I am not kidding, I copied . . . → Read More: Student Handbook 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Family Matters Back to School, BlogHer.com, Bullying, Dress Codes, Raising teenagers, Responsible parenting, Student Code of Ethics Last week, I had the distinct pleasure (?) of working alongside my 15 year old son. My bosses were kind enough to offer him a paying gig for a week at the Wilderness Medicine Conference in Big Sky, Montana. This was the first “real” job said 15 year old has had, aside from odd day labor work . . . → Read More: Teenagers and Hierarchy  3 comments - (Comments are closed) Family Matters Big Sky, Big Sky Resort, Jim Whittaker, Montana, Raising teenagers, Wilderness Medicine Conference, working moms |
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