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Denise's Parenting Teens Blog April 2008 Archive

By Denise Witmer, About.com Guide to Parenting Teens

What is your teen wearing these days?

Wednesday April 30, 2008
Wordless Wednesday Marco Di Lauro / Getty Images More WW posts here. Share your thoughts, opinions and advice in our comments section. • Stumble It! • Digg This! • Save this to Del.icio.us • ... Read More

Teen Elections, Labor and Tees Makes for Interesting Reading! Blog Round-Up for 04/29/08

Tuesday April 29, 2008
Grace over at the Homework / Study Tips site has a blog about Running for Student Council. It seems to be that time of year for teens. Pretty good topic ... Read More

Go Phone Commercial, Is That Meat Loaf’s Son?

Monday April 28, 2008
Marketers are really starting to figure out that the way to a teen’s money is advertising to the parents, huh? When I first saw the Go phone commercial I thought, ... Read More

Useless Teen Activities: She is busy doing what?

Friday April 25, 2008
One mom is wondering: I mentioned before how my dd works at jumbo dogs, and makes money under the table. I guess over the winter the traffic drive-in was ... Read More

Is Your Teen Coming Home From the Prom?

Wednesday April 23, 2008
Wordless Wednesday PhotoDisc / Getty Images More WW posts here. Share your thoughts, worries, opinions, positive vibes, prayers for families with teens in our comments section. • Stumble It! • Digg This! • Save ... Read More

This week is packed! Blog Round-Up for 04/22/08

Tuesday April 22, 2008
We’ve got Earth Day, Turn Off Your TV Week, National Wildlife Week and I’m sure there is more - just not enough time to read them all. Here are the ... Read More

Girls Fighting YouTube Videos – Are Mean Girls Getting Meaner?

Saturday April 19, 2008
This just makes me sick and I’m sure most other parents are feeling much the same way. Not only are girls fighting, mercilessly beating up on a victims but they ... Read More

Parents, Here Is a Chuckle for the Weekend

Friday April 18, 2008
I was surfing around the blogosphere this morning and I dug up this one post by Lisa Wilder. Her blog, The Wilder Zone, has information about her business coaching and ... Read More

Why is my preteen so angry?

Thursday April 17, 2008
In this blog post, Heather asked: Any advice on how to help an angry pre-teen? She is so angry that she refuses to turn her homework in (we know she ... Read More

Read Along with Me: About.com Blog Round Up – 4/16/08

Wednesday April 16, 2008
I’m really getting into doing this type of blog post, we may have a weekly thing going here. Found some out of the ordinary articles that I enjoyed so much, ... Read More

10 School Problems Parents of Teens Face And What to Do About Them

Tuesday April 15, 2008
The end of the third quarter is here and some parents are wondering, ‘How did my teen get these grades?’ They think, ‘My teen is having problems in school. He/She ... Read More

Teens Choosing to Have Sex - What Can Parents Do?

Friday April 11, 2008
A mom seeks advice: I have a daughter who will be 16 in 6 wks. Her boyfriend of over a yr will be 17 soon. They think they are in ... Read More

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Wednesday April 9, 2008
Sean Covey, son of the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, promises to make this book an adventure for your teenager. In my opinion, he succeeded. The ... Read More

Read Along with Me: About.com Blog Round Up – 4/8/08

Tuesday April 8, 2008
Ever wonder what is going on at About.com’s parenting and family sites? I do – pretty often actually. Which is why I spend so much time reading everyone else’s sites. ... Read More

Job Search Outlook Good for College Graduates

Sunday April 6, 2008
Alison, over at About.com Job Searching, has an extremely informative blog post for young adults and parents of young adults on the job search outlook after graduation. With the way ... Read More

Teens and Preteens Using Bebo - Should Parents Monitor?

Friday April 4, 2008
Mom asks for advice: I have an eleven year old daughter who is on Bebo for at least an hour every day. I want to be sure people are not ... Read More

Teens Get a Taste of Hunger

Thursday April 3, 2008
This news article caught my attention this morning. A group of teens fasted for 30 hours, while getting food donations ready for their food drive that was collected before the ... Read More

Get Your Teen Ready for Their Sports Season

Tuesday April 1, 2008
Sport teams at the high school level - and even in middle school – are serious in their workouts and competitions. Parents of athletes need to be prepared and prepare ... Read More
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