Promoting Empathy With Your Teen

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Ugo Uche is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in adolescents and young adults. See full bio

November 18, 2009

Why Apologies Are Important

"For parents who insist on taking the laissez faire approach, they run the risk of their teen never coming to terms that their actions were indeed wrong, even worse such parents may be unintentionally raising a sociopath."

November 11, 2009

Benjamin Franklin Was Right, But....

Benjamin Franklin's quote, "force sh#*es upon reason's back" was accurate, but incomplete. While in fact, force or the belief in force plays a primary role in the bottom line to any conflict, force leaves no room for peace. Read More

November 9, 2009

Hypocrisy, Why We Are Sometimes Guilty Of This

Recently Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California beauty queen was found to have contradicted her Christian values, after pageant officials discovered a solo sex tape, starring her. But this isn't the first time a well known public figure outspoken in support of righteous values has being found to have contradicted his or her moral high ground. Read More

November 7, 2009

In The Aftermath Of The Fort Hood Mass Shooting, A troubling Message

There is a ubiquitous message we send to youths, over the ownership and use of guns in our society. That message is an eye for an eye.

November 2, 2009

Are Parents To Be Blamed When Their Teens Intentionally Hurt Others?

While it is true that much research conducted on the brains of adolecents and young adults strongly suggest that the adolescent brain is still in development, particularly in the areas responsible for judgment and intelligence, adolescents are still very much responsible for their own decisions. Why? Read More

October 26, 2009

Parents And The Convenience of Myths

However such is the convenience of myths; the belief that a specific way of thinking and doing will guarantee some form of stability and predictability. It can be especially confusing to parents with more than one children, where one child is experiencing behavioral problems, and the other child is doing great. This merely helps to reinforce with some parents, their beliefs in their ways of thinking and doing. Read More

October 22, 2009

Dealing With Rejection (Re-Evaluating The Priority of Needs)

Basic physical needs, such as food, water and shelter are important and always going to be essential to the wellbeing of any person, however the need for acceptance and recognition by one's peers should not be underestimated the least bit. Read More

October 18, 2009

What Are You Going To Do When You Grow Up? (A Different Response To The Traditional Coming of Age Question).

Most of us have heard that age old saying, "Jack of all trades, master of none." This saying has been used to encourage professionals to specialize solely in their field of specialty, and nothing else. This mind set has its merit, if a person focus all of her creative energy and mind on a specific task, the neurological connections in the brain, connected with this task are going to be so strong, that executing the specific task at hand will become second nature to that person. Read More

October 15, 2009

Pick Pocket? Sticky Fingers? Three Steps to Put an End to Your Teenager's Habitual Stealing.

A sense of guilt over not being able to afford certain things for your teen can lead to being reactive, if not adequately addressed. Most parents who are reactive to their difficult feelings will respond by taking an unnecessary action to relive themselves of the guilt.

October 12, 2009

Three Lessons To Teach Your Teen About Sex.

"No one ever brags about staying up all night with a crying baby, or being infected with HIV. If you are a parent, there are three lessons you need to teach your teen about sex." Read More

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