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SURVIVING A TEENAGER
FIVE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES
Parenthood: this wonderful and magical time, when nine months of
anticipation transforms into a bundle of joy that forever changes your
world. For about the first twelve years after they are born, you
maintain some level of control over them, and then they become a
teenager and the paradigm shifts drastically. One minute they are
cuddled in your arms sucking on a baby bottle, happy as can be, and
the next they are gliding out the door with the family car keys in
hand leaving you a nervous wreck for the evening ,watching the clock
and wondering if you will survive getting them through their teenage
years.
This book will help you develop goals and strategies that are
essential to raising and guiding a teenager through all of the
emotional and physical changes that life and growing up brings.
WHAT ARE THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES?
1. Communication
and Expectations 2. Involvement
and Commitment
3. Understanding and Asking the 4 W's
4. The Rules of
the Road 5. Understanding
Cyber-Space
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Challenge 1: Communication and ExpectationsCommunication is the
first challenge, and it can be the toughest for parents. Most
teenagers hit a certain level in their development where Mom and Dad
become an embarrassing nuisance that is only tolerated due to the need
for food, clothing shelter and a ride (until they get their license).
But the reality is that your teen needs (and secretly desires) your
help, support and guidance.
Challenge 2: Communication and ExpectationsSo does your teenager
come home from school every day, grab something to eat and go into
their room to go on the computer or watch TV? Or are you working and
you really have no idea what they are doing every afternoon when they
are home from school?
Challenge 3: The 4 W'sTeenagers need established boundaries
regarding where they go and when they need to be home each night. If
you set down clear guidelines early on and explain your reasons, work
with them, give them an opportunity for input and reward them when
appropriate, it will be a much easier road.
Challenge 4: Rules of the RoadTeenagers and motor vehicles open up a
whole new can or worms for parents. It starts about age 15 when an
older friend gets a driver’s license, and it escalates dramatically
from there as your child gets their permit and license to drive.
Challenge 5: Understanding Cyber-SpaceFor many parents the internet
can be a huge black hole that is scary and not understood. The fact is
though that the computer, the internet, social networking, 3G cellular
and cloud computing are just the tip of the iceberg regarding the
changes that our children (as well as ourselves) will experience with
regards to communication and technology in the near future.
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BILL SIFFLARD
Bill is the father of three children 23, 21
and 18 and has spent almost thirty years coaching and directing
youth and high school sports.
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DID YOU KNOW * The number 1 killer of teenagers is car
crashes! Around 6,000 per year and another 400,000 drivers age 16 to
20 will be seriously injured.
* You’re more likely to get in an accident at 16 than at any
other age and 16-year-olds crash at a rate that's nearly one and a
half times as high as 17-year-olds.
What you should know about teenagers and driving....is in the book!
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