These summer activities for teens can be done individually, with friends or with the whole family. Each week has four different types of teen summer activities: Make This (Recipe), Craft This, Learn How and Get Out and Go! Each activity idea is fun for your teen. Check out week one's summer activities for teens now.
Read more..

Have a teen that has gone to the prom and nightly parties? Did you extend curfew? How did you curb your teen from drinking and driving? Please share your thoughts, advice and experiences on Prom Night as a parent of a teen. Read the advice given by other parents and add yours here.
Read more..

Parents of newborns who do not sleep through the night are not the only parents who need a break and/or time to get away from it all. Parents of teens who are busting into independence, dating, driving and have hectic schedules need to be aware that these stressors will have an effect on how they are feeling. Take our quiz to see if you are dealing with a case of parental burnout.

Read more..

Parenting a teen in the digital age is harder than you would think, considering many parents feel as connected to digital space as their teens. Plus, we trust that our schools know what they are doing when they hand out machines that not only connect our kids to every other person and place in the entire World Wide Web, but it also gives them a way to try out different - and sometimes downright nasty - identities anonymously. We would know if something were going on, right?

Hope Witsell was a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide in 2009. She had been harassed for pictures of her breasts by some boys, one of them being a boyfriend. Now, I'm going to stop right here and go off on a little tangent. Parents of teen boys, listen up. Talk to your sons tonight. Tell them that asking for pictures of girls in compromising positions or nude is not a testament to their growing manliness. Tell them that your family, the one that they belong to, does not condone this type of behavior for any reason. Tell them that you trust they will do the right thing and walk away if their friends are doing this or delete any picture sent to them. Teach them some character.

Now back to Hope Witsell, she sent a picture and was teen sexting with her boyfriend. The picture went viral and she began to get harassed, by everyone in her school. She was cyberbullied to the point that there was a 'Hope Hater Page' on MySpace. She couldn't walk down the hallway at school without kids yelling 'whore' or 'slut'. This is in a middle school. Where are the adults? Where are the teachers? Where is the school administration? Now here is a little tangent for parents of teen girls. Shame is a terrible thing. Young girls point blame inward and will become ashamed of themselves for things others are doing to them. Because of that shame, they will clam up and they will think that they deserve what is happening to them. Talk to them today and everyday possible. Tell them that there is nothing that they could possibly do that will keep you from loving them. Remind them that even though times are tough, they are a worthwhile human being who is loved.

Cyberbullying is still a huge problem and I have to wonder if we as parents are doing all that we can. I believe that parents need to be more involved in making the schools accountable for the safety of our kids, we need to ramp up good character building behavior modeling in our homes and we need to take the responsibility of checking our kids electronics.

Asking our community of parents: What do you think we have learned as a parenting society from this painful example of what is going on in our teens' world? Please share your thoughts, opinions and experiences in the comments area.

Related Resources:

• Bullying Warning Signs for Teens Being Bullied Advice for Parents
• Five Steps to Take if Your Child is Being Bullied
• All Discipline and Teens Resources
• Teen Sexting: How to Prevent Your Teen from Engaging in Sexting
• Parenting Teens Contract Cell Phone Use
• Teen Sexting - What Should the Laws Be?
• Teen Sexting
Teen Sexting Is Now in Code, Time to Talk to Your Teen

Follow me on Twitter. Become a fan on Facebook. Subscribe to my newsletter.


Read more..

It is imperative that parents of teens get on board with preventative measures when it comes to prescription drug abuse as 17% of high school students admitting to abuse of prescription drugs in their lifetimes. And it is one of the drugs of abuse that teens get away with using because parents do not know that they should be vigilant in checking their prescription and over the counter medications... read more Teen prescription and over the counter drug abuse kills teens - Is My Teenager Abusing Prescription Drugs? How Parents Can Know.

Related Resources:

• Drug Use Screening Quiz: Is my teen using drugs?
• Marijuana: Is My Teen Using Marijuana?
• Prescription Drug Abuse in Teens

Read more..

Free printable cards for Mother's Day that you can print out and use.
Read more..

Parenting Quiz Are You Giving Your Teen Too Much Freedom? Take this quiz to find out!
Read more..

Parenting Quiz Are You a Helicopter Parent? Take this quiz to find out!
Read more..

Use these free birthday card coupons for a gift for your teenager. Give one of these free printable birthday card coupons for an hour extra curfew, free junk food of their choice or more.
Read more..

Spring Activities for Teens - Fun Activities for Teens - Week Two
Read more..

Mega Trivia quiz for Harry Potter all 7 books of Harry Potter
Read more..

Graduation gift ideas with links to gift list.
Read more..

Fun Graduation Party Ideas to use at your teen's graduation party. This fun graduation party planner is full of graduation party ideas that will help you organize and pull off a fantastic graduation party for your teen.
Read more..

Teen Depression Quiz Is your teen depressed? Parents of teenagers can take this simple quiz to find out. Includes advice and help for parents and teens who need resources for teen depression.
Read more..

Teen party games make going to a teen party that much more fun. If your throwing a teen birthday party, here is a list of fun games to play with groups of teens. Some are active games, some are ice breakers and some of the birthday party games in this list go with a theme party. Birthday Party Games for teen birthday parties and other teen party fun. Ideas for birthday party games and other event or party games.
Read more..