Comments for Parenting Teen Girls http://www.parentingteengirls.com It takes a village to raise a child ... It takes a whole community dedicated to our teens to help them stay safe, sane and grow up into healthy adults who give back to the community Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:45:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Out of Control Daughter. by Mrs Brown http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/out-of-control-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2124 Mrs Brown Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:45:22 +0000 http://www.parentingteengirls.com/?p=1551#comment-2124 My 16 year old daughter was a talented,gifted,wonderful child up until about the age of 12 and slowly she started to change. Her father and i were only 18 when we had her and had a happy house although we did argue over his drug use and as i moved on in life to educate myself at college i grew up and felt he was staying still in life,we split up for a year when my daughter was 12 and her Uncle also died of a heroin overdose at the same time. She smokes,drinks quite heavily,dabbles in drugs,hangs around unsavoury places and people,she has given up every talent e.g drama,violin and has recently decided that she will not pass any highers because she hates school. Her new boyfriend of 18 has his own place and she wants me to declare her homeless to enable her to get her own place. I feel like im losing the battle and dont know what to say or do in case i regret it forever. My 16 year old daughter was a talented,gifted,wonderful child up until about the age of 12 and slowly she started to change. Her father and i were only 18 when we had her and had a happy house although we did argue over his drug use and as i moved on in life to educate myself at college i grew up and felt he was staying still in life,we split up for a year when my daughter was 12 and her Uncle also died of a heroin overdose at the same time.
She smokes,drinks quite heavily,dabbles in drugs,hangs around unsavoury places and people,she has given up every talent e.g drama,violin and has recently decided that she will not pass any highers because she hates school. Her new boyfriend of 18 has his own place and she wants me to declare her homeless to enable her to get her own place. I feel like im losing the battle and dont know what to say or do in case i regret it forever.

]]> Comment on Teens Get it Wrong 50% of the Time by Tam http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/teens-get-it-wrong-50-of-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Tam Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:03:10 +0000 http://www.parentingteengirls.com/?p=1384#comment-1063 Great post and very helpful in working out why my teen often misinterprets my own expressions. I'll certainly be adding this to my conversations with her about why she feels the way she does - thanks! Great post and very helpful in working out why my teen often misinterprets my own expressions. I’ll certainly be adding this to my conversations with her about why she feels the way she does – thanks!

]]> Comment on I keep Telling Her! by lili http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/i-keep-telling-her/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 lili Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:33:58 +0000 http://www.doctorjennforgirls.com/?p=763#comment-1038 I am a single mom and have raised my daughter on my own since she was abt. 4. She's fifteen now. About a year ago she started slipping out of the house and staying somewhere she didn't want me to know. She said she needed time away from home and me..that is was too frustrating to be at home. She then said some boy had his way with her. Now she's saying it was actually someone I used to date. I have never lived with anyone and have been very careful when I date to take care of my daughter. The only pattern I have tagged is that every time someone tries to date me, she gets upset. She has cried about it when she 4 or 5; she's been jealous sitting between me and my date when she was 7 or 8. She has been rude to my date abt 9 or 10, 11, 12. She's slammed doors when they get too close to me. I'm not sure if she runs away because she scarred that someone is going to take me away from her or did someone actually harm. She has told me that some man taking me away has been a reocurring dream. She is very short with me right now and didn't want to come home because she said everything was going to be the same anyway. I'm not too sure what that means. I just want to be close to her so that I can guide her, protect, and be there for her. I want her to have a good life, the best she can have. I am a single mom and have raised my daughter on my own since she was abt. 4. She’s fifteen now. About a year ago she started slipping out of the house and staying somewhere she didn’t want me to know. She said she needed time away from home and me..that is was too frustrating to be at home. She then said some boy had his way with her. Now she’s saying it was actually someone I used to date. I have never lived with anyone and have been very careful when I date to take care of my daughter. The only pattern I have tagged is that every time someone tries to date me, she gets upset. She has cried about it when she 4 or 5; she’s been jealous sitting between me and my date when she was 7 or 8. She has been rude to my date abt 9 or 10, 11, 12. She’s slammed doors when they get too close to me. I’m not sure if she runs away because she scarred that someone is going to take me away from her or did someone actually harm. She has told me that some man taking me away has been a reocurring dream. She is very short with me right now and didn’t want to come home because she said everything was going to be the same anyway. I’m not too sure what that means. I just want to be close to her so that I can guide her, protect, and be there for her. I want her to have a good life, the best she can have.

]]> Comment on Listen More, Talk Less Today. by lea http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/listen-more-talk-less-today/comment-page-1/#comment-335 lea Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:33:28 +0000 http://www.parentingteengirls.com/?p=1269#comment-335 I liked your advice, but i wonder, with all the focus on keeping our mouths shut, wont the child sense that we dont "care'? How do you "balance" caring and keeping quiet? I liked your advice, but i wonder, with all the focus on keeping our mouths shut, wont the child sense that we dont “care’? How do you “balance” caring and keeping quiet?

]]> Comment on Teen Hormones and the Brain by R http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/teen-hormones-and-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-57 R Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:43:36 +0000 http://www.doctorjennforgirls.com/?p=784#comment-57 I need to pledge to not interrupt, steal the conversation, make others wrong, give unasked for advice, or pretend to listen when they aren’t. I don't think I steal the conversation, but I'm sure I've done the others. Luckily my girls and I are close & don't fight a lot. Perhaps I can change my listening skills before the teenage hormones kick in and our relationship will stay strong! I need to pledge to not interrupt, steal the conversation, make others wrong, give unasked for advice, or pretend to listen when they aren’t. I don’t think I steal the conversation, but I’m sure I’ve done the others. Luckily my girls and I are close & don’t fight a lot. Perhaps I can change my listening skills before the teenage hormones kick in and our relationship will stay strong!

]]> Comment on My 13 Year Old Is a Nightmare! by R http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/my-13-year-old-is-a-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-54 R Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:00:10 +0000 http://www.doctorjennforgirls.com/?p=890#comment-54 I love this line "Let her know you want to hear what she has to communicate, but you can’t hear her when she is disrepectful." I want to read the limbic/teen brain article but the link seems to be broken. Can you email the link to me please? Thanks! I love this line “Let her know you want to hear what she has to communicate, but you can’t hear her when she is disrepectful.”

I want to read the limbic/teen brain article but the link seems to be broken. Can you email the link to me please?
Thanks!

]]> Comment on Raising Eve: How to Mother Teen Girls. by Raising Eve: How to Mother Teen Girls. : Parenting Teen Girls | girls http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/raising-eve-how-to-mother-teen-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Raising Eve: How to Mother Teen Girls. : Parenting Teen Girls | girls Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:59:46 +0000 http://www.parentingteengirls.com/?p=1255#comment-51 [...] Raising Eve: How to Mother Teen Girls. : Parenting Teen Girls Tags: daughter, dig-deep, facebook, friends-on-facebook, hear-the-words, her-562, [...] [...] Raising Eve: How to Mother Teen Girls. : Parenting Teen Girls Tags: daughter, dig-deep, facebook, friends-on-facebook, hear-the-words, her-562, [...]

]]> Comment on Dads, Daughters and Sexuality by Twitted by joebruzzese http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/dads-daughters-and-sexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Twitted by joebruzzese Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:02:44 +0000 http://www.parentingteengirls.com/?p=1214#comment-29 [...] This post was Twitted by joebruzzese [...] [...] This post was Twitted by joebruzzese [...]

]]> Comment on More Help For Eating Disorders by Robbin I. Gregson http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/more-help-for-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Robbin I. Gregson Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:35:36 +0000 http://www.parentingteengirls.com/?p=1198#comment-27 Corrections of two websites offered for parents: www.Eating DisordersReferral@aol.com and www.NationalEating Disorders.org Corrections of two websites offered for parents:

http://www.Eating DisordersReferral@aol.com
and
http://www.NationalEating Disorders.org

]]> Comment on Secrets Girls Keep by Al.O. http://www.parentingteengirls.com/advice-for-parents/secrets-girls-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Al.O. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:59:23 +0000 http://www.parentingteengirls.com/?p=1113#comment-26 Nice read. check me out at http://ideasandtipsformotherhood.blogspot.com/ Nice read.

check me out at http://ideasandtipsformotherhood.blogspot.com/

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