Parenting Teens & Tweens


Some Recommended Resources for Parenting Tweens and Teens


healthy children siteHealthyChildren.orgPowered by pediatricians, trusted by parents”
About: “
HealthyChildren.orgis the only parenting website backed by 67 ,000 pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.”
Website: www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/

 

aha parentingAha ParentingAha! Parenting supports you to create a more peaceful home — and happy, responsible, considerate kids!”
About: Are you looking for that Aha! Moment to transform your child’s behavior, or maybe your own? Whether you’re wondering how to handle a specific challenge, just figuring out your child-raising approach, or ready to tear your hair out, you’ve come to the right place.”
Website: 
www.ahaparenting.com/ages-stages/early-teen

 

Parent Samurai

 

 

*Parent Samurai “Parenting teens with confidence, compassion and steely resolve.”
About: “Parent Samurai have adapted these values through the lens of Bushido to guide us through the teen years with confidence, compassion and steely resolve.”  www.ParentSamurai.com

 

We experience these 8 principles as timeless and universal to raising teens:

  • Justice – An inner compass detecting the difference between right and wrong
  • Courage – Showing up every day, even in difficult circumstances
  • Compassion – Acceptance of self and others
  • Respect – Valuing others and self
  • Honesty &  Integrity – Honoring authenticity in ourselves and others
  • Honor – Recognition and appreciation
  • Loyalty – Unconditional love; steadfast fidelity to your family
  • Character & Self Control – the cornerstone and biggest challenge of raising teens

Website: ParentSamurai.com

 

Grown and Flowngrown and flown – …because parenting never ends.
About:  Blog Grown and Flown looks at parenting teens and young adults through the middle school, high school and college years.
Website: grownandflown.com

* I am a co-author of Parent Samurai in which I share experience based on parenting my own two teens and over 20 years of teaching at the elementary, middle and college levels.