Surviving (Your Child's) Adolescence

Welcome to the hard half of parenting.

Parenting After the Adolescent Becomes Adult

There's one thing about parenting; it never stops. Once you become a parent you remain a parent the rest of your life.

So the end of your child's adolescence is not the end of parenting; it only marks the transition to a new set of changes and challenges. But when is adolescence over, and what comes next? And how does parenting alter? Read More

How not to be in front of

How not to be in front of your children

The art of parenting falls into two brackets, one is teaching and the other is being. The child being a keen observer and learner not only learns what is taught but also what is seen and observed. He/she is the best mimic or the most ardent follower you could have. So parents! You are in for a huge challenge. Responsibility begins with correcting oneself here and not one's children. Read more………

http://www.oneworldacademy.com/articles

How not to be in front of your children

How not to be in front of your children

The art of parenting falls into two brackets, one is teaching and the other is being. The child being a keen observer and learner not only learns what is taught but also what is seen and observed. He/she is the best mimic or the most ardent follower you could have. So parents! You are in for a huge challenge. Responsibility begins with correcting oneself here and not one's children. Read more………

http://www.oneworldacademy.com/articles

Great response.

Yes,as parents, we are the instrument of our instruction. So the more self-aware we are, the more clarity we bring to what we teach. As you say, a lot of how our children learn to become is based on imitating how we habitually behave.

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Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D., is a psychologist in Austin, Texas. His most recent books are: The Connected Father, The Future of Your Only Child, and Stop Screaming.

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