Sign teenagers are using potReply to this Comment
I found a very helpful website that talks about signs that a parent can look for to varfiy is their child is using pot. www.ismykidsmokingpot.com
Teen driving awarenessReply to this Comment
Graduated Driver's License
Becoming a licensed driver is an important event for teenagers-one that comes with tremendous responsibilities. While this privilege has remained an exciting milestone for generations, it is not a privilege to be taken lightly. Motor vehicle accidents are the number one cause of death to teenagers 15 to 18 years of age. Inexperienced driving adds to the potential for accidents, injuries, and deaths on Kansas roadways. Teens who drive with teenage passengers in the vehicle, or who drive during late night hours, increase their chances of being involved in a motor vehicle accident. The modernization of both motor vehicles and highway systems, coupled with advanced technology such as wireless devices, present today's teens with additional barriers to safety when driving.
Kansas is one of only four states that have not yet implemented the Graduated Driver's License program. Evidence shows that in states that have adopted the GDL program the rate of teen accidents decreases by up to 20%, limiting the number of accidents, injuries, and deaths.
The benefits of the Graduated Driver's License program involve saving lives and protecting both young drivers and others who share the roads. Please contact your representative in support of legislation that strengthens teen driving restrictions in an attempt to place a greater priority on safety.
it isn't easyReply to this Comment
I would say that parenting is very challenging, tough yet rewarding responsibility. That is why being a parent is something you must prepare for - emotionally, physically, intellectually and even spiritually. If not, you will probably becomes a troubled mom or dad.
Great tips!Reply to this Comment
Personally, parenting teens is a tough thing to do yet a very rewarding responsibility. Parent should always make the first efforts on dealing with their teens' challenges and problems in life. I think parenting is the most challenging work in the world.
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"Personally, parenting teens is a tough thing to do yet a very rewarding responsibility. Parent should always make the first efforts on dealing with their teens' challenges and problems in life. I think parenting is the most challenging work in the world."
it's always a controversial issue. that's why it's great that there are tv shows that decide to address it. have you seen this NBC show, The Baby Borrowers? it sets up teen parents with adults who loan them their kids as a life lesson in parenthood.... advice can come from strange places
Troubled Teen ProgramsReply to this Comment
Therapeutic boarding schools prescribe lots of valuable struggling kids programs. School offers wide ranges of options for troubled adolescents. Adolescents learn quality educational programs in college and attain highest level of potential in life. Program offers behavioral and character growth.
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Controlling Your TeenReply to this Comment
What happened to that little angel? It's called the teenage years and it can be trying on everyone. The combined stress of exploring their independence, the pressures of schoolwork and societal expectations and the hormonal changes your child experiences can create problems for everyone in your family.
Methods of parenting that worked when your child was young may no longer be effective and If your teenager has discipline problems you may find that you need to change your parenting style. Most teens will test the rules more than they did before they entered adolescence. This is normal. Here are some guidelines for teen discipline.
Give your teenager a bit of room to make mistakes and spread his wings. Limit the RULES to those issues that are critical - homework, curfew, health and driving safety. Feel free to provide advice and support on other issues, but don't cast everything in the light of a RULE or you will lose their attention.
While a 'time-out' does not work for an older child, you can use consequences to establish good behavior. By all means, you must tell your child the consequences before enforcing the rule. If she already knows she is responsible for doing the laundry and she does not do it, be sure she understands that the consequence will be that she cannot go out or talk on the phone until the laundry is finished.
While you may have changed things a bit to accommodate your teen you also need to be consistent and avoid changing the rules all the time. If you do find that something isn't working, talk to your teenager and let them know why you are changing the rules he is used to.
It's important to deal with your teen in an adult manner. This means being calm and not flying off the handle. You need to treat them like the adult they are becoming and let them know (in an adult way) that bad behavior is unacceptable. Also let them know you still love them and you will always be there to support them.
While it may be tempting, you must refrain from invading your childs privacy. Don't spy on them or go searching through their room. Give them their privacy and respect.
Also, do not threaten your child. Be consistent and firm. Don't hit them; don't threaten them, unless you want THEM to develop the same behavior.
One thing that is hard for parents of teens to do is to let them make their own mistakes. Don't do everything for them. They need to learn while you are still there to support them. And, they won't learn if you do everything for them.
Using guilt to control your teen is a no-no. Help them understand why it is in their best interests to do what you want them to do. Don't cry or make them feel badly about their behavior.
Establish an understanding of what you consider 'critical' versus what you would 'prefer'. For example, keeping their grades up and doing their homework may be paramount to you, while keeping their room clean EVERY WEEK may simply be a preference.
As your child ages, you'll have to change the kind of activities you share and the time you spend together to be something that you can both enjoy. Don't force your teenager to continue activities they've outgrown.
Try to establish a schedule that will keep you in daily contact with your teen. Be sure your family eats dinner together or spends family time together and don't use this time to complain or discipline. Make it a pleasant time, so that your teen will WANT to eat dinner with you the next night.
There are lots of other things you can do to keep your teen connected and to help them understand your goals and rules as they grow and test their independence. Take a step back and think about your own child. You know them best. Enjoy your teenager, while she is still living at home. Don't waste these precious years on fighting!
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teens help center Reply to this Comment
There are many treatment center that offer struggling teenagers recovery programs which are very effective and helpful to get rid off from various anxiety and problems. The center has many well experts’ doctors that provide mind-blowing treatment programs.
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parenting troubled teenagersReply to this Comment
Parenting a teen now a days is not the easiest things for parents. Even though parents have to look after their jobs and business, they have to give equal importance to be a responsible teen parents. Soon after finding any troubled teens behavior in the teen it is better to respond quickly to come out of the further problems. There are many professional troubled teens programs with hundred percent results.
Grandmother Prevent Teens from Driving ImpairedReply to this Comment
When I announced back in 1976 that I was pregnant with my first child, my grandmother said to me, “You know, you have now signed up for a lifelong commitment of worry.” She further stated, “The worry doesn’t stop when your child turns 18, it doesn’t stop when they graduate from college, and it doesn’t stop even when they become a parent.” Her words could not have been truer. Now as a grandmother myself, I am proud to say that I have patented a technology could save a whole lot of worry, even a child’s life.
I got the idea for the technology behind Cleared2Drive while eating ice cream with my Uncle Howard. You see when I was growing up, Uncle Howard the high school electronics teacher, had all these cool gizmos in his basement “laboratory”. He also had a really cool anti-theft alarm on his car that nobody could figure out. In order to start his car, you had to perform a sequence of functions like turn on the headlights, tap the brake, turn on the right turn signal, and turn on the heater – all in the correct order. The trick was, no one knew what the correct functions were, much less in which order they had to be performed.
So one day about 5 years ago, I came up with this idea. I used his basic theory but added bio-metric identification and sophisticated computer algorithms so my system would detect when a person is impaired from prescription, illegal, over-the-counter drugs and/or alcohol by measuring the amount of time it takes a person to complete their assigned sequence of tasks. Cleared2Drive instantly compares a person’s current data to their historical data and if the two sets don’t match, the system won’t permit the vehicle to be started. It’s just that simple.
Initially I envisioned this technology being used after a DUI arrest, but almost from day one we have received calls from individuals looking to purchase one for their child/spouse/sibling/friend suffering from substance abuse. Pretty much each call is verbatim: “I have begged, pleaded, talked till I am blue in the face, yet they continue to get high and drive.” These individuals are not only worried about what could happen to their loved one, but also what could happen to innocent others. Initially, I wasn’t sure if there truly was a market outside of the court system until the word spread and we started receiving these calls almost daily. That’s when I knew we needed to make this technology available to everyone who wants or needs it.
Now, we are also getting calls from parents whose child is going away for college or who has a newly licensed teenager. They are concerned their child might make the fatal mistake of driving under the influence. I empathize with these parents because we all know that it only takes one mistake to permanently damage a young person’s life. Sometimes under age drivers are afraid of the consequences if their parents find out they have been illegally “partying”, so instead of calling home or spending the night, they will risk driving impaired. Unfortunately, what they don’t realize but we as parents do, just how big of a risk that can be.
The Cleared2Drive System is so discreet; passengers don’t even realize that anything out of the ordinary is being done. The driver only has to perform 6 simple tasks and they are on their way – usually in about 10 seconds. What a great way to reinforce sober living!
Even though the Cleared2Drive System appears very simple to use, it is highly effective in detecting impairment.
I am the first to acknowledge, parents aren't looking for technology, they are looking for peace of mind. Anybody who has ever worried about the safety of their child knows exactly what I am talking about. There is nothing that keeps a mother awake more at night than worrying about her family. Cleared2Drive was created solely to ease those worries and allow families to start rebuilding lives and relationships.
For more information go to www.cleared2drive.com
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By: Michael Huffman Posted: Mar 13 2007