Joanigeltman

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• Keeping Your Teen Safe On Prom Night

  With Prom night looming, its time to talk about the safety issues of prom night. Expectations, expectations, expectations. This is night that has been planned... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Prom Dresses And The Cleavage/Crotch Watch

  Last week, there was a new big news story of national important. It seems that a middle school in Readington, New Jersey decreed that no strapless dresses... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Shower The People You Love With Love

  I was so moved by this and felt there was absolutely nothing I could say to match the meaning of this moment during the memorial service for the MIT policeman,... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Keeping Your Newly Licensed Teen Driver Safe

  A parent wrote to me recently requesting some help. This weekend her 16 1/2 yr old daughter will be taking the road test for her coveted drivers license, and... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Remember When Your Teen Was Two?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A6Bu96ALOwI just feel a need for a little lightness. Watching this video makes me smile. There is just not that much... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Giving Comfort In A Scary Time

  The Marathon bombing has shaken us all to the core. I hope this entry I wrote a few years back can help. Have you ever been in the midst of a really stressful... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Day To Ponder

  Today I am sad, and mostly silent. So incomprehensible that a beautiful, perfect marathon Monday would turn into such a nightmare of loss, pain and fear. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Key To Your Teen's Brain

  

  Let's just face it, teens and adults speak a different language, and live in another country. In the adult country, sending a picture of someone's a** would be... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Need For Cellphone Rehab

  Imagine me as the ghost of your teen's college future. I have been teaching college students for almost 25 years, so I have a good longitudinal look at how... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Two More Social Networking Sites You Should Know About

  Thanks to the excellent tech savvy of some parents I work with, I am able to stay well-informed of the many social networking options out there for teens. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Teens And The Stories They Tell

  

  Does the concept defense mechanisms ring a bell for you? Thank you Dr. Freud for creating these terms that describe the "I don't really want to take... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Why Does My Teen Have To 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 03 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• I Really Do Not Like My Daughter/Son's Boy/Girlfriend

  A mom wrote me recently with this question: My daughter has dated the same young man on and off again for about 2 years. While he is not abusive and seems to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Real Strategy-A Response to Steubenville

  A young woman disgusted with the coverage of the Steubenville case, decided to take it into her own hands, literally. She is a film student. She made this... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Father's Love And Acceptance

  

  This letter was posted on facebook, and became a huge hit for gay and lesbians, parents of gay and lesbians, or people like me, who love seeing a parent show... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Teen's And Their Emotional Volcano

  

  Getting caught off guard by the emotional drama of your teen's life can be unsettling. Unsuspecting parents, sitting down for a relaxing night of TV can be... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Another Teaching Moment From Steubenville

  There was an article in my morning newspaper about two girls from Steubenville who were clearly unhappy that the two football players who raped and humiliated... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Teens And Test Anxiety

  For those of you who have teens with test anxiety, This article found at the bottom of this page will be a god send. Perhaps PSATs or SATs are in your teen's... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Steubenville, Ohio-Lessons For Our Teens On Sexual Safety

  For those of you unfamiliar with the Steubenville, Ohio teen rape case, here is what happened. After an alcohol infused night of partying with the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Facing Fear

  I was in LA for a few days and had the opportunity to hang out with a real live horse whisperer. A friend of mine owns an albino horse, which means that the pur... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING