Joanigeltman

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• It's Only A Moment In time...Really

  

  The truth, all the things that drive you crazy about your teen last only 7-10 years. I know that seems like an eternity, but it really does grow fast. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Helping Your Teen Get To Calm

  Last spring I wrote the blog you see below with really interesting scientific studies around teens and text anxiety, so I won't repeat myself and just let you... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• It's The First Week Back

  Happy New Year. Yesterday was a busy day, a record number of calls from parents anticipating troubles in the new year. Perhaps there was "trouble in River... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Holiday Gift To Your Teen…..Advice From Us Old Folks

  A friend just posted this on Facebook and I wished someone had told me this stuff when I was 16. At 62 I might not be able to get to all this but god I want... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Understanding Your Teen's Temperament

  Teens are: unpredictable, aliens, explosive, risk-taking, and temperamental. So say hundreds of parents when I ask them to throw out adjectives that describe... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• And Your College Kid Comes Home

  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 17 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Here's The Deal With Peer Pressure

  I read an interesting article in the New York Times today. Teenagers, Friends and Bad... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How To Do A "Hang" With Your Teen

  

  The good news is that even if they're texting and watching TV and eating snacks, they are probably way more open to conversation than you might think. You just... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Can't You Find SOMETHING To Do?

  Amazing though it seems, some teens actually prefer spending time with their parents. So who's complaining? The parents!!!! I have had a number of requests to... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Teens And The Need For Alone Time

  I ran across this article recently researching the issue of teens and the effects of over-connection. A recent statistic I read stated that teens spend 7 hours ... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Solutions To Two Annoying And Crazy-making Teen Behaviors

  Laundry:This might be one of the major hurdles that parents and teens just can't get past. Forget drugs. alcohol, sex, cellphones, computers; why can't they jus... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Quickie Parenting Quiz

  A Parenting QuizWhen 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?... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• More Thanksgiving Love

  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 27 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Time For A Little Thanks

  In the last few months, close friends of mine have dealt with life issues that seem unbearable; loss of parents and husbands; children who have been diagnosed... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Out Of The Mouths Of Teens

  I would like to thank my college students for allowing me to share these excerpts from recent papers they wrote on "My Teenage Years. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Art Of Teaching Responsibility

  Two lists were generated by my college freshman last week describing things that their parents did well to prepare them for college life, and some ways parents... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Best Job Vs The Good Enough

  

  I understand Jeremy completely! What a tedious process it is to do a first draft, a second draft, all for what, the final draft??? Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Get In A Little Hang Time With Your Teen

  A middle schooler writes to Ask Amy:" In my family, almost every night my mother and father watch adult oriented TV and movies. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Be the Best Model You Can Be For Your Teen's Sake

  Ok the story below just boils my blood. In short, a coach wanted to take his middle school boys football team to HOOTERS for an end of the season celebration.... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Father's Perspective

  I read this op-ed last week in the NYTimes. I have nothing to add, Charles Blow says it all!The Passion of ParentingBy CHARLES M. BLOWI’ve been a single dad... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING