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HMU? This Week on the Social Web
Getting Real With Amy Kelly, Founder and CEO of Parent eSource Remember the good old days before your kids became tweens and teens and actually used to talk to you about…
Tough Questions Answered About Teen Relationships
Interview continues here! 2 3 MomsGetReal™.com interviewed adolescent psychologist and author of You and Your Adolescent Dr. Laurence Steinberg to find answers to some of your most critical teen love &…
Steinberg Interview, Page Three
Interview Page 1 2 IGMP: What are the signs of a destructive or abusive teen relationship? If I see these signs what steps can I take to ensure my child is…
Steinberg Interview Page Two
Interview Page 1 3 IGMP: How can a parent/caregiver encourage/talk about safe sex? My immediate response is, “How can a parent or caregiver NOT encourage and talk about safe sex.” Unsafe sex…
If You Have Kids, You Need This Book!
Book Review by Shadra Bruce When I began reading You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 by Laurence Steinberg, PhD, I was reading with…
Getting Past Denial of Drug or Alcohol Use by Your Teen
It can be difficult to get past a flat-out denial of drug or alcohol use from your teen. Some kids can’t bear to take responsibility for their behavior and want…
Evolving In Your Role As a Parent
You realize your parenting role of a teenage girl must evolve when you are the one noticing the boys checking her out. I admit it freaked me out. I mean…
Raising Adult Children
The words adult children may seem oxymoronic, and while the term refers to any child you’ve managed to raise to the age of 18 or beyond, the ones I’m really…
Teens and Privacy
Teenagers need privacy, but how much is too much? It is our job as parents to know what our children are doing and make sure that they are not getting…
Teenagers Are Just Older Toddlers
Teenagers don’t really come from another planet, although it sometimes seems like it. Really, though, they’re just doing what they did when they were in the terrible twos: they are…
Twilight Effect
Aside from the excitement and mania over the movies, there is some rather concerning behavior erupting in schools across the nation. Teens are leaving bite marks on each other as…
Facebook Page Dilemma
I often wonder to myself if I am too strict with my children. Is 13 old enough to have a Facebook page? I suppose that it depends on the maturity…
Adequate Information and Advice
How do we know if we are arming our children with adequate information on some of life’s most important subjects? There are so many obstacles that our kids face today;…
