July 15 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/

Talking About Sex

What’s the big deal? Isn’t it just a normal, physical act? Haven’t we been freed from the Law? Why not just do what comes naturally? Why would God care what I do with my own body? Paul seems to be…
Read More:
http://www.realworldparents.com/starters/article/talking_about_sex/

Featured Resource: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis

Fights at school, sexual abuse, eating disorders, school crises … the list goes on and on. Hardly a day passes without a local crisis at involving junior highers or high schoolers. This practical resource covers the whole continuum of private and public crisis, equipping parents to work with their kids to deal with any crisis in a way that helps the individual and helps the family stay intact.

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

2. Learn Their Lingo

N4SCD = means now for something completely different.

skate foot = Shoes (most of the time skateboard shoes) with torn laces, blown out toe, holes in the soles, fraying stich lines and perhaps Shoe Goo.

3. Movie Reviews for Parents

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Almost nobody is recommending this unfunny film for teens (or anyone else). And with a barrage of teen sexual content, it’s another example of how…
Read Review:
http://www.realworldparents.com/movies/review/i_love_you_beth_cooper/

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

This strangely titled addition to the “Ice Age” saga is getting less love from critics than the first two films, but the franchise continues to…
Read Review:
http://www.realworldparents.com/movies/review/ice_age_dawn_of_the_dinosaurs/

4. Links to Learn From

Teen sexual health info on Web is often wrong, says researcher at Packard/Stanford.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvuFiag5y-M&feature=channel_page

Texting Teen Falls Down Open NYC Manhole
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531684,00.html?test=latestnews

More Sit Down Meals = Better Behaved Kids?
http://www.realworldparents.com/blog/article/more_sit_down_meals_better_behaved_kids/

5. A Little Encouragement...And Humor

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years."
- Mark Twain