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New Book Eliminates The Frustrations From Parenting Today’s Teenager
Posted by Norbert Georget in About Teenagers, Communication, Disciplining, Extreme Teenager, Main Blog Posts, Medical and Illness Issues, Mixed Family, Parenting Tips on July 29th, 2010
Good parents are not parents who necessarily know it all. Good parents are parents who are willing to seek help and information when they need it in order to meet the unique needs of their teens.
Raising teenagers can be difficult at best. While it may seem like an alien life form invaded the body of your formerly sweet and lovable child, your teenager really is not that much different than the child you once knew. He or she is simply attempted to establish his or her own identity, and that means separating his or her identity from you as parent. This is a natural and normal process, and you should reassure yourself with the knowledge that it is just a short period of time in the life of your child and it will pass.
If you are having a difficult time dealing with a disrespectful, angry, or out of control teen, my new book will help you greatly with your frustrations as a parent of a difficult teenager. It’s called NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You.
Even as teenagers, your children need and want your love. Their attitudes can make it difficult to maintain a healthy relationship. It is important to understand that as much as your teenager wants your love, he or she also wants you to respect his or her individuality and burgeoning independence. When teens feel as though they are being treated like a children, if you are being “over” protective, if you expect your teen to believe what you believe and think what you think, your teen will rebel.
If you are struggling with a teen that will not listen, lacks motivation, is having trouble getting along at home and at school, is obsessed with technology or might be dealing with an addiction problem, this book can help you right today. NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You is a book designed to help parents navigate the landmines of bringing up teenagers in a modern world of video games, internet, and cell phones.
Teens are under an enormous amount of pressure. Parents want them to do well in school and get into a good college and make decisions about their future. Teen friends seek to confirm and uphold each others’ ideas, thoughts, and identities and encourage each other to be as independent as possible. Peers pressure each other to try new and risky things, like drinking, drugs, and sex. Learn how to approach your teen and have open conversations that lead to better relationships, more trust, and less chaos in your home.
With my new breakthrough book NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You you will learn why discipline and choice are important concepts when raising teens. You will learn to discipline your teenager without feeling any guilt. You’ll be able to handle your disrespectful and abusive teenager without any more yelling, arguing or hard feelings. You WILL still stay sane as a parent even when you take away all privileges and your teen still tries to defy you. You’ll learn to consistently keep to your disrespectful teenager’s behavior expectations and mean it. Ultimately, you’ll bring back peace in your mind and in your home.
For more information about this great book, simply Click Here.
New Book Eliminates The Frustrations From Parenting Today’s Teenager
Posted by Norbert Georget in About Teenagers, Communication, Disciplining, Extreme Teenager, Main Blog Posts, Medical and Illness Issues, Mixed Family, Parenting Tips on April 8th, 2010
Good parents are not parents who necessarily know it all. Good parents are parents who are willing to seek help and information when they need it in order to meet the unique needs of their teens.
Raising teenagers can be difficult at best. While it may seem like an alien life form invaded the body of your formerly sweet and lovable child, your teenager really is not that much different than the child you once knew. He or she is simply attempted to establish his or her own identity, and that means separating his or her identity from you as parent. This is a natural and normal process, and you should reassure yourself with the knowledge that it is just a short period of time in the life of your child and it will pass.
If you are having a difficult time dealing with a disrespectful, angry, or out of control teen, my new book will help you greatly with your frustrations as a parent of a difficult teenager. It’s called NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You.
Even as teenagers, your children need and want your love. Their attitudes can make it difficult to maintain a healthy relationship. It is important to understand that as much as your teenager wants your love, he or she also wants you to respect his or her individuality and burgeoning independence. When teens feel as though they are being treated like a children, if you are being “over” protective, if you expect your teen to believe what you believe and think what you think, your teen will rebel.
If you are struggling with a teen that will not listen, lacks motivation, is having trouble getting along at home and at school, is obsessed with technology or might be dealing with an addiction problem, this book can help you right today. NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You is a book designed to help parents navigate the landmines of bringing up teenagers in a modern world of video games, internet, and cell phones.
Teens are under an enormous amount of pressure. Parents want them to do well in school and get into a good college and make decisions about their future. Teen friends seek to confirm and uphold each others’ ideas, thoughts, and identities and encourage each other to be as independent as possible. Peers pressure each other to try new and risky things, like drinking, drugs, and sex. Learn how to approach your teen and have open conversations that lead to better relationships, more trust, and less chaos in your home.
With my new breakthrough book NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You you will learn why discipline and choice are important concepts when raising teens. You will learn to discipline your teenager without feeling any guilt. You’ll be able to handle your disrespectful and abusive teenager without any more yelling, arguing or hard feelings. You WILL still stay sane as a parent even when you take away all privileges and your teen still tries to defy you. You’ll learn to consistently keep to your disrespectful teenager’s behavior expectations and mean it. Ultimately, you’ll bring back peace in your mind and in your home.
For more information about this great book, simply Click Here.
New Book Eliminates The Frustrations From Parenting Today’s Teenager
Posted by Norbert Georget in About Teenagers, Communication, Disciplining, Extreme Teenager, Main Blog Posts, Medical and Illness Issues, Mixed Family, Parenting Tips on March 4th, 2010
Good parents are not parents who necessarily know it all. Good parents are parents who are willing to seek help and information when they need it in order to meet the unique needs of their teens.
Raising teenagers can be difficult at best. While it may seem like an alien life form invaded the body of your formerly sweet and lovable child, your teenager really is not that much different than the child you once knew. He or she is simply attempted to establish his or her own identity, and that means separating his or her identity from you as parent. This is a natural and normal process, and you should reassure yourself with the knowledge that it is just a short period of time in the life of your child and it will pass.
If you are having a difficult time dealing with a disrespectful, angry, or out of control teen, my new book will help you greatly with your frustrations as a parent of a difficult teenager. It’s called NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You.
Even as teenagers, your children need and want your love. Their attitudes can make it difficult to maintain a healthy relationship. It is important to understand that as much as your teenager wants your love, he or she also wants you to respect his or her individuality and burgeoning independence. When teens feel as though they are being treated like a children, if you are being “over” protective, if you expect your teen to believe what you believe and think what you think, your teen will rebel.
If you are struggling with a teen that will not listen, lacks motivation, is having trouble getting along at home and at school, is obsessed with technology or might be dealing with an addiction problem, this book can help you right today. NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You is a book designed to help parents navigate the landmines of bringing up teenagers in a modern world of video games, internet, and cell phones.
Teens are under an enormous amount of pressure. Parents want them to do well in school and get into a good college and make decisions about their future. Teen friends seek to confirm and uphold each others’ ideas, thoughts, and identities and encourage each other to be as independent as possible. Peers pressure each other to try new and risky things, like drinking, drugs, and sex. Learn how to approach your teen and have open conversations that lead to better relationships, more trust, and less chaos in your home.
With my new breakthrough book NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You you will learn why discipline and choice are important concepts when raising teens. You will learn to discipline your teenager without feeling any guilt. You’ll be able to handle your disrespectful and abusive teenager without any more yelling, arguing or hard feelings. You WILL still stay sane as a parent even when you take away all privileges and your teen still tries to defy you. You’ll learn to consistently keep to your disrespectful teenager’s behavior expectations and mean it. Ultimately, you’ll bring back peace in your mind and in your home.
For more information about this great book, simply Click Here.
New Book Eliminates The Frustrations From Parenting Today’s Teenager
Posted by Norbert Georget in About Teenagers, Communication, Disciplining, Extreme Teenager, Main Blog Posts, Medical and Illness Issues, Mixed Family, Parenting Tips on December 25th, 2009
Good parents are not parents who necessarily know it all. Good parents are parents who are willing to seek help and information when they need it in order to meet the unique needs of their teens.
Raising teenagers can be difficult at best. While it may seem like an alien life form invaded the body of your formerly sweet and lovable child, your teenager really is not that much different than the child you once knew. He or she is simply attempted to establish his or her own identity, and that means separating his or her identity from you as parent. This is a natural and normal process, and you should reassure yourself with the knowledge that it is just a short period of time in the life of your child and it will pass.
If you are having a difficult time dealing with a disrespectful, angry, or out of control teen, my new book will help you greatly with your frustrations as a parent of a difficult teenager. It’s called NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You.
Even as teenagers, your children need and want your love. Their attitudes can make it difficult to maintain a healthy relationship. It is important to understand that as much as your teenager wants your love, he or she also wants you to respect his or her individuality and burgeoning independence. When teens feel as though they are being treated like a children, if you are being “over” protective, if you expect your teen to believe what you believe and think what you think, your teen will rebel.
If you are struggling with a teen that will not listen, lacks motivation, is having trouble getting along at home and at school, is obsessed with technology or might be dealing with an addiction problem, this book can help you right today. NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You is a book designed to help parents navigate the landmines of bringing up teenagers in a modern world of video games, internet, and cell phones.
Teens are under an enormous amount of pressure. Parents want them to do well in school and get into a good college and make decisions about their future. Teen friends seek to confirm and uphold each others’ ideas, thoughts, and identities and encourage each other to be as independent as possible. Peers pressure each other to try new and risky things, like drinking, drugs, and sex. Learn how to approach your teen and have open conversations that lead to better relationships, more trust, and less chaos in your home.
With my new breakthrough book NO-NONSENSE PARENTING FOR TODAY’S TEENAGER – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You you will learn why discipline and choice are important concepts when raising teens. You will learn to discipline your teenager without feeling any guilt. You’ll be able to handle your disrespectful and abusive teenager without any more yelling, arguing or hard feelings. You WILL still stay sane as a parent even when you take away all privileges and your teen still tries to defy you. You’ll learn to consistently keep to your disrespectful teenager’s behavior expectations and mean it. Ultimately, you’ll bring back peace in your mind and in your home.
For more information about this great book, simply Click Here.
Negative Peer Pressure Among Teen Athletes
Posted by Norbert Georget in About Teenagers, Main Blog Posts on November 4th, 2009
If you have a teen athlete, you know that the demands placed on him or her are far different than that of a typical student. They are expected to keep up with their academic work, keep their grades in line, and maintain a minimum grade point average – all while serving as representatives of their schools, missing time in class and at home to practice, compete, and travel to other schools. If you have a teen athlete, you may or may not know that these teens often experience much more significant pressure to drink and party than other teens.
While schools in recent years have cracked down on this type of behavior, it is still far too prevalent. Teams want to celebrate their victories and drown their defeats, and often, alcohol is the method of choice. Your teen athlete, in being a part of a sports team, may face undue peer pressure to try alcohol or drugs. The question is, what can you do as a parent to minimize your teen’s risk?
The first and best advice is always to talk to your teen athlete. Have an open and ongoing dialogue with your teen about peer pressure and drinking. Make it clear that your teen has a choice – make sure your teen understands that it is ok to say no.
To help your teen athlete make it easier to avoid high-pressure situations with teammates, be involved. Go to your teen’s games, be an active part of his or her athletic life. Parents are often needed to serve as line coaches or play other supportive roles; if that is a possibility for you as a parent, it is a good way to stay involved and be able to see first-hand if bad peer pressure situations are developing.
Understand the policies of your teen’s school. Make sure you discuss the ramifications with your teen about what could happen if he or she were to be caught. Most schools suspend players or dismiss them from the team altogether. If the sport is important to your teen, this will serve as motivation to help them make the right choice when the pressure is on.
One situation that is not often discussed but can be prevalent is the attitude of the coaches toward their players’ drinking. Some coaches look the other way; others glamorize or glorify drinking and partying. In rare instances, the coaches will actually supply the alcohol. If you run into a coach like that, contact the school and make them aware of the situation. Coaches have a very powerful and influential role in the lives of the teen athletes they work with; if they are abusing that position of power, they need to be stopped.
Ultimately, you should make participation on the team contingent to your teen athlete’s behavior and choices. Grades should stay up, homework should be done, academics should be prioritized, and the right choices should be made. Make it clear that your teen’s choices will dictate his or her outcomes…and then follow through when you need to.
Norbert Georget is an accomplished professional speaker, teen motivator, parenting expert and author of the book, No-Nonsense Parenting For Today’s Teenager – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You. You may get a FREE REPORT called No-Nonsense Parenting for the Disrespectful Teenager. All the answers you’ll need to deal with your disrespectful teenager.
Talking With Your Teen About Date Rape
Posted by Norbert Georget in About Teenagers, Main Blog Posts on October 31st, 2009
Sometimes, words and phrases get used so much that they become too comfortable. The media gets ahold of them and they become buzz words and the meaning behind the words gets lost. Date rape sometimes seems to be one of them. In fact, I have recently heard some girls tossing around the word ‘rape’ like it is something funny. But having someone physically force you to participate in a sex act that you do not want to participate in is anything but funny.
As a parent, you need to talk to your kids about date rape. Date rape is forcible sexual activity against a person’s will by someone they know. It is common among high school and college age teens and young adults. It often goes underreported and the impact of the experience can be emotionally devastating. Date rape often occurs in boyfriend-girlfriend relationships where one partner is ready for more sexuality than the other is. It often begins with verbal pressure and harassment that often leads to physical coercion.
Yes, you should talk to your daughters and let them know that their bodies belong to them and they have the power to say no when being pressured to have sex. You should talk tothem about identifying risky situations and avoiding situations that might result in date rape (getting into a car with a boy they don’t trust, going somewhere other than they planned to go with a boy, drinking or accepting a drink they did not pour themselves).
We also need to talk to daughters about misusing the word rape in a joking manner. As devastating as it is for a girl to experience rape of any kind, it can be just as devastating for a boy to be accused of it who has not actually done anything wrong. While it is less common, we also need to talk to our daughters about respecting boys’ limits and not trying to force their boyfriends to participate in sex acts that make them uncomfortable. Date rape does happen where the female is the perpetrator.
Talking to teenage boys about date rape should be a similar conversation to the one you have with your daughters: the boys should respect the word no, no matter what has happened up to that point, but they should also have the power to say no if they feel like they are the ones being pressured. It is ok to tell your teen son that it’s ok not to have sex.
An area that may be neglected in the whole conversation is that of same sex date rape. Whether both parties are homosexual or they are just experimenting with sexuality, your teens should know that the same rules apply with same sex friends that apply with the opposite sex.
Ultimately, this topic needs to be addressed with both genders. The more we can send a consistent message of respect for boundaries, and the younger we can start addressing respect for boundaries in age appropriate ways, the better kids will be at handling the situations that arise.
Norbert Georget is an accomplished professional speaker, teen motivator, parenting expert and author of the book, No-Nonsense Parenting For Today’s Teenager – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You. You may get a FREE REPORT called No-Nonsense Parenting for the Disrespectful Teenager. All the answers you’ll need to deal with your disrespectful teenager.
Back to School Means Back to Peer Pressure
Posted by Norbert Georget in Communication, Main Blog Posts on October 19th, 2009
Having open, honest conversations with your teens can not only help them balance the need to be cool and popular with the desire to make the right choices, but it also might save their lives. Peer pressure can be enormous on your teen, but how do you tell if your teen is struggling with the pressure?
Your teen suddenly tries to avoid going to school
- You hear that your teen is being picked on
- Your teen’s social life slows down or stops
- Your teen acts angry, frustrated, or depressed
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conducted a survey analyzing the risk behaviors among teens. According to the survey, peer pressure is directly responsible for an increase in risky behavior – things like cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol and having sex – among teens.
The CDC results were shocking. By the time teenagers are 14 years old,
- 20% of them have tried a cigarette
- 66% have tried alcohol
- 25% reported having been involved in a binge drinking episode
- 25% of teen girls tried illegal drugs as a direct result of peer pressure
- More that one-third of teens have had sexual intercourse
What Can You Do?
Peer pressure does not work as well on kids with healthy self-esteem and actively involved parents. Teens with higher self esteem are less likely to get involved with drugs. A recent study conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development demonstrated that actively involved parents who knew their children’s friends and had regular conversations with their children improved their ability to deal with teen peer pressure. Another study conducted by National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University demonstrated that sitting down together as a family during the evening meal directly affected teen’s grades and self-esteem. Self-esteem is a critical component in dealing with peer pressure.
According to the study, teens that only eat dinner at home with their families twice a week or less were more likely to try marijuana, smoke a cigarette, or try alcohol compared with teens who eat at home more regularly. Even if your teen is involved in sports and doesn’t make it home in time for a regular meal, just sitting with him or her while she eats and listening to your teen talk about his or her day can make a difference. The more you are there, the more that you show you are interested in your teen’s life, the more likely they will be to make good choices when peer pressure is at its worst.
If you are concerned that peer pressure is having a negative impact on your teens, don’t wait! Sit and talk with your teens now. Let them know that you are interested in what is happening in their lives. Ask about their friends. Ask them how school is going. Remind them that you are there if they have problems they need to work through. Let them know how proud you are of them and how much you love them.
Norbert Georget is an accomplished professional speaker, teen motivator, parenting expert and author of the book, No-Nonsense Parenting For Today’s Teenager – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You. You may get a FREE REPORT called No-Nonsense Parenting for the Disrespectful Teenager. All the answers you’ll need to deal with your disrespectful teenager.
Drinking and Driving Still The #1 Killer Amongst Teenagers
Posted by Norbert Georget in About Teenagers, Main Blog Posts, Parenting Tips on October 3rd, 2009
I address the issue of teens and driving extensively in the presentations I make in schools across North America. It’s a sensitive topic for me after having been a paramedic for so many years. Even now I cannot always erase the images from my mind of the terrible accidents I have seen.
Drinking and driving is the number one cause of death for teens in Canada. It is something that we do not start talking to our kids about young enough and something we do not talk about often enough, but the more we talk to our teens about making the right choices when there is alcohol and driving involved, the more likely they will be there to celebrate their next birthday with you.
Overcoming Peer Pressure
I cannot tell you how many times I have heard a teen say that they really did not want to go in a vehicle but their friends talked them into it. It’s important that you empower your teens by giving them the ability to make choices – and experience the consequences – in all of the areas of their life. Things like letting your teens make decisions about what courses to take in school, or what kind of part-time job to get after school, or what team to join can help them feel confident enough to make the choice to say no when being pressured by friends to do something they know is wrong.
Letting your teen have a voice and an opinion can also help him or her have confidence to say no when the tough pressure hits. If your teens know that you have confidence in them to think and make decisions, they will be more likely to live up to your expectations.
Giving Your Teen an Out
Teens are extremely image conscious, and it is important that you remain aware of this. Make sure your teens know that they can blame you for having to say no. “Oh man my mom would kill me if I did that” carries a lot of weight and keeps the teen from being the target of teasing for saying something like, “I don’t want to” or “I’m scared.”
Always communicate to your teens that you are there when they need you. Let them know if they get into a situation they cannot handle, that they can always call you for help. Then follow through and be there. Don’t be angry or upset when you talk about what happened, and be sure to commend your teen for making the right choices.
Norbert Georget is an accomplished professional speaker, teen motivator, parenting expert and author of the book, No-Nonsense Parenting For Today’s Teenager – How To Feel Like A Good Parent Even When Your Teenager Hates You. You may get a FREE REPORT called No-Nonsense Parenting for the Disrespectful Teenager. All the answers you’ll need to deal with your disrespectful teenager.
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