Joanigeltman

LATEST ARTICLES ( 772 )

• 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

• Oy Vey: Text bombing...Who Knew?

  In my effort to keep up with the latest social networking sites favored by teens, I came across the article below. I'll keep sharing this information with you s... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Why Are Teens So Mean To Their Parents?

  

  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 06 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• I Love You Mom

  I loved loved loved this video. In it, parents describe all the ways they think they have failed their children. "the I'm not a good enough parent" syndrome. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Dreaded Deadlines: College Apps

  And so another year of college deadlines approaches. Perhaps you are lucky enough to have a senior who is organized, motivated, and ahead of the game, having... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A High School Senior Tells It Like It Is

  Last year I saved an article from the Boston Globe that I wanted to write about. It is by a young woman who was a senior in High School at the time, who wrote... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The First Report Card Of The 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 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Teen Party Out Of Control

  This is a true story that a brave parent made public about her attempt to have a safe party for her teenage son. There are so so many lessons to be learned... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Its Only A Moment In Time

  I was thinking about this the other day. Do you realize that the amount of time you have to enjoy your children is greater after age 18? Most of the years you... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• But I Wasn't Drinking!!!!

  Here is a straight from the headlines story that all parents should use to talk with their teens. Erin is a 17 year old senior in high school, honor roll studen... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Pot Brownies: The New School Snack

  This recent story caught my eye. Just shows the creativity of today's youth! Who wants to sell drugs the old fashioned way, not in a baggie apparently, but in... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• But Everybody Else Is Doing It/Has One!!!

  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1cThis is two kinds of media blog today. Both this comic and this excerpt from a Louis CK appearance on David... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Does Your Teenage Girl Covet A "thigh Gap"

  What will teen girls think of next? A thigh gap, for people like me who had no idea what this could be, is an opening between one's thighs when they are squishe... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Why Teens Lie?

  A parent wrote me recently with this question. I'm guessing it will be a familiar quandary.Lying. My daughter has been taking some expensive classes each weeken... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Here's How Your Teen Uses Social Networking

  Here's a survey that was done last year on teen's use of social networking and their feelings about their parents snooping. 43% of teens said that they would... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• I Am So Stressed!!!

  Below is a list of stressors that a group of high school students cited as causing them the most stress. It would be really interesting if you asked your teen... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• What To Do With A Messy Room

  

  I think that the #1 complaint I hear from parents of teens is "My kid is such a slob!" Opening the door to your teen's room is like going down a black hole. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Way Teens Learn: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

  

  Parents of teen lecture series:Don't drink and driveDon't text and driveDon't drinkDon't do drugsHave safe sexDon't have sex at allIf you don't do your homework... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING