Joanigeltman

LATEST ARTICLES ( 769 )

• Teens and Pot

  , not good. Now with the legalization of pot here in Massachusetts, teens have found new ammunition to fuel their rationalizations for why it is OK to smoke pot. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The College Kid Is Home For The Holidays

  Today is finals day. I'm off to give my freshman students probably the first final of their college career. I am up against a lot. Last week's attendance in my... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Secret To Raising Exceptional Kids

  I watched a documentary movie this weekend called Who Are The Debolts and Where Did They Get 19 Children? You can find it on iTunes or Amazon, and it will give... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Best Job VS The Good Enough Job

  Do you have a teen that rushes through assignments doing just enough to get the job done?  I would normally chalk this up to the impetuous and impulsive... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• It's Not A Crazy Idea!!!

  Wanna know why your teen gets so mad at you after you say no to what seems like the most ridiculous idea ever? Because in their head, in the fantasy they have... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Take This Parenting Quiz

  A Parenting Quiz When your teen walks in the door after school, do you ask these three questions? How much homework do you have? How did you do on your quiz? Di... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The First Report Card This Year

  Just like the first frost that appears on our last surviving plants on the deck announcing the end of summer, so do the first fall report cards appear,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Little Love Goes A Long Way

  There is something about the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Maybe its the embedded memory of a half day at school and the anticipation of four days of freedom. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Real Deal On Peer Pressure

  I read an interesting article Teenagers, Friends and Bad Decisions. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/teenagers-friends-and-bad-decisions/. I love when... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Those Things Your Teens Won't Do That Drive You Crazy

  And on the lighter side. Laundry: This might be one of the major hurdles that parents and teens just can't get past. Forget drugs. alcohol, sex, cellphones,... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Parenting When It's Hard

  Now that this election is over, our kids will be watching and learning from what we say and what we do from here on into this new administration. I'm sure that... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• When Your Teen Shares A Secret

  Here is a question a parent gave me at the end of one of my seminars: What do you do when your child tells you about some risky behaviors that a friend of... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• When You And Your Parenting Partner Disagree!

  Most of us have very vivid memories of our own teenage years and the parents who got us through them. Some memories skew toward the awful. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• When My Teen Seems Really Depressed

  I have had a number of calls recently from parents worried about their teen, trying to figure out whether their teen is just having growing pains, or is in a... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Why Is My Teen So Angry?

  Your teen loves you...I promise. Not to excuse their anger and attitude, but there is a biological component to this sometimes overflowing well of anger. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• When My Teen Is Left Out

  When you're a parent of a teen, one of the hardest and most heartbreaking things is seeing your teen be left out or excluded from events with kids he/she is... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Why Is My Teen So Mean To Me?

  There is a really good reason why teens are mean to their parents. Now with this new teenage brain growing by leaps and bounds, they are literally having... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Grabbing P**sy And Other Things

  Thank you presidential election for making sexual assault and harassment become part of our everyday conversation. And I am being honest here. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• College Students Reflect On Their Younger Selves

  I would like to thank my college students for allowing me to share these excerpts papers they wrote on "My Teenage Years." I have been assigning this paper for... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Doing The College Thing Right!

  The leaves are starting to change, the air is turning crisp and fall like, and that means that we are upon the annual ritual of visiting colleges with your... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING