June 10 Parent News

Parent Newsletter

Contents

1. Tools for Parenting Teens
2. Learn Their Lingo
3. Movie Reviews
4. Links to Learn From
5. A Little Encouragement...And Humor

1. Tools for Parenting Teens

From http://www.realworldparents.com/starters/

Becoming Who They Are

Identity formation has always been a big deal for kids—figuring out on an unconscious, unspoken level the idea of themselves they will hold on to. But now kids are being asked to describe their identity very specifically every time they…
Read More:
http://www.realworldparents.com/starters/article/becoming_who_they_are/

Featured Resource: Wisdom On Music, Movies and Television

This book won’t tell your kid what they should not listen to or watch. Instead, this book is filled with principles to help them gain the wisdom needed to help make wise choices about what they choose to be entertained by.

*Save 20% off the retail price of “Wisdom On Music, Movies and Television” when you use Coupon Code RWPN105 and order by 6/30/09.

http://www.realworldparents.com/store/item/wisdom_on_music_movies_and_television/

2. Learn Their Lingo

DWT = Driving While Texting. Operating a motor vehicle while texting friends on your cell.

Beat Feet = To leave a selected area.

3. Movie Reviews for Parents

Land of the Lost

A remake of the classic kids show starring Will Ferrell sounded like comedy gold, but even most secular critics have panned the film, now a…
Read Review:
http://www.realworldparents.com/movies/review/land_of_the_lost/

Drag Me to Hell

Obviously, we’re not recommending that kids and teens see the graphically disturbring and oddly PG-13 rated “Drag Me to Hell.” However, many kids will do…
Read Review:
http://www.realworldparents.com/movies/review/drag_me_to_hell/

4. Links to Learn From

Inside the School Nurses Office [The Drug & Alcohol Scene]
http://news.drugfree.org/2009/05/20/inside-the-school-nurse%E2%80%99s-office-a-month-in-the-life/

TV can impair speech development of young children [USA Today]
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-06-01-TVandkids_N.htm

Can Better Parenting Reduce Risk of Unsafe Teen Sex? [Modern Medicine]
http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Obstetrics%2FGynecology+&+Women%27s+Health/Can-better-parenting-reduce-risk-of-unsafe-teen-se/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/602125?contextCategoryId=40157

5. A Little Encouragement...And Humor

When you see me now, I'm nothing but a big overgrown tough mama's boy. And I speak that with glee because the problem with society is we don't have enough mama's boys.
- Mr. T.