by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Amy Kelly Prom is a milestone event in every teenager’s life. It’s the last big party where everyone will be all together before parting ways for college, the military or wherever else life takes them. Both parents and teens want the night to be...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
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 their lives without an interrogation? They’re constantly texting, tweeting on Twitter, making new...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
When you marry into a family and inherit teenage stepchildren, you will encounter a different set of challenges than if you marry into a family with younger children. Older children, particularly tweens and teens, are already struggling to establish an identity of...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
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 & relationship questions. Thank you to all of our readers and...
by Shadra Bruce | Teens and Tweens
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 safe and gets the help he/she may need? Certainly, any signs of unexplained physical injury, like bruises,...
by Shadra Bruce | Teens and Tweens
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 isn’t just unsafe – it’s really dangerous. You wouldn’t let your teenager do...