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Positive Parenting: Roles for Parents of Teens – Teri Claassen MSW, LCSW

March 8, 2010
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Parenting a teen can be an extremely stressful stage for parents. They often feel overwhelmed and sucked into the wild roller coaster ride of adolescence. This can leave a parent unsure of what a healthy role looks like.

Why are these years so important?

It is vital to remember that as a parent of a teen [...]

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Should You Give Your Kids “that”????

December 16, 2009
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From ScreamFree Parenting by Hal Runkel
“Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there’s less joy. If you can eat anything you want, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to?”
Tom Hanks (1956- )

Hanks spoke these [...]

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Empty threats and broken promises…….are they the same?

September 17, 2009
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From “Screamfree Parenting” by Hal Runkel

Never promise more than you can perform. “
— Publilius Syrus

Simple, right? If you promise little Timmy kid Disneyworld, you take him to Disneyworld. He sees that you can be trusted and all is well. The trick is to have this attitude in ALL promises, not just the [...]

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Do something, even when you think it will be insignificant.

August 21, 2009
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” Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. ” — Mahatma Gandhi
If the greatest leader of one of the most revolutionary times had this belief about himself and his own movement, why can’t we?

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