{"id":1547,"date":"2009-06-29T13:13:54","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parentingteensblog.net\/?p=19"},"modified":"2009-06-29T13:13:54","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T21:13:54","slug":"randomosity-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/2009\/06\/29\/randomosity-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Randomosity"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, remember back when I told you of the PTA live induction of their new leaders that would be held online?<\/a> I didn’t make it myself, but the ever lovely Julie dropped us a note to thank those that did! And, if you – like me – didn’t make it to the live event, you can view it for the next three months by clicking here<\/a>. Enjoy – and thanks Julie for letting us know!<\/p>\n

In other news, Candice, who is lovely as well, dropped me a note on behalf of PATS (Parents Attitude Tracking Study) and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. They recently conducted a survey to see how Dads are doing in helping their kids in the fight against Drug and Alcohol use. The data collected, reveals that dads tend to take a much more passive role than mom’s when it comes to those kinds of talks, which could mean their missing a valuable opportunity to hep teach their kids.<\/p>\n

It seems that Father’s were 3x more likely to believe the teaching about drug and alcohol use and abuse should happen in school, and report having a greater difficulty reconciling the desire to have their child see them as a friend, rather than setting the rules – though the majority of parents believe a friendship with their kids is important too.<\/p>\n

If you’re having problems talking to you kids about drugs\/alcohol, then check out drugfree.org<\/a>, and read through their helpful hints to get the conversation flowing. As with everyone else around here – my stand is exactly the same: TALK TO YOUR KIDS<\/b>. You might find them a lot smarter than you think.<\/p>\n

In that same line of TALKING TO YOU KIDS, Nana<\/a> recently send me a copy of the newsletter she receives at work. My mom works with the local womens shelter, and also facilitates a batterers education group for those who have such classes mandated by the courts. Yeah, I know, she’s pretty freakin awesome, ain’t she? Anyway, the subject of this newsletter is respect.<\/p>\n

When I’m out and about, something that drives me NUTS, is when a child is disrespectful, and the parent stands there and says “I don’t know WHERE s\/he gets it!” and less then 2 seconds later, said parent is extremely disrespectful themselves. Respect is a LEARNED BEHAVIOR folks, and if they don’t see it at home, they sure as hell won’t practice it out in the world.<\/p>\n

This leads into discussions about dating and violence. Parents say their kids aren’t getting the message, and I say it’s time for the parents to TALK MORE and get it out there. If you’re having problems getting those conversations started, giverespect.org<\/a> has several tips for you, so that you can get your kids to realize what exactly a healthy relationship is. Be sure and check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n

And hey – have a conversation with your Teen today, will ya? You’ve got no excuses now!<\/p>\n

PS: Interested in things affecting your Teen’s health and well-being? Check out Ann Engelland’s blog<\/a> and get some information straight from the doctor’s mouth, so to speak. hee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, remember back when I told you of the PTA live induction of their new leaders that would be held online? I didn’t make it myself, but the ever lovely Julie dropped us a note to thank those that did! And, if you – like me – didn’t make it to the live event, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,138,139,143,144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behavior","category-communication","category-dating","category-drugs","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}