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Rules, Limits, and Responsibilities

Learn about setting limits, establishing rules, and teaching responsibility.
Overcoming Procrastination Tips for Parents of Teens
Article for teens and parents: Overcoming Procrastination Tips for Parents of Teens, Help Your Teen Overcome Procrastination
Curfews: How to Give Your Teen a Curfew
Curfews help provide routines and by setting them parents are helping their teens become confident young adults.
Quiz: Are You a Pushover Parent?
Are your children are holding the reins in your parent-child relationship or are you standing on firm ground with your discipline techniques? Find out here.
Parenting Contracts - Free Printable Contracts
Sometimes clear communication takes the written word. While, your teen may feel that a parenting contract isn't necessary, often many arguments and bad feelings could have been prevented if a parenting contract had been used.
What does negative criticism do to a teen?
Part of a discipline and communication FAQ for parents of teens: What does negative criticism do to a teen?
Teach Your Teen to Get Up in the Morning and Use an Alarm Clock Correctly
Article for parents of teenagers Teach Your Teen to Get up in the morning Use an Alarm Clock Correctly
5 Steps to Good Decision-Making Skills for Teens
Article on parenting skills for parents of teens - 5 Steps to Good Decision-Making Skills for Teens
Help Your Teen Regain Trust
Article for parents and teens: How to Help Your Teen Regain Trust
Delegate a Responsibility to Your Teen
When your teen needs to learn how to complete a task.
Active Listening
An important communication skill to learn when you have to discipline a teenager.
Door Openers verses Door Slammers
A communication skill with examples. Often times we use door slammers when we discipline.
Learn to Fall Back and Regroup In 5 Easy Steps
A discipline technique used when you make a mistake. This happens often in a normal family, so get this technique down.
What should we do now?
FAQ for parents of teens Our teen had a party while we were away and there was underage drinking. What should we do?
Logical & Natural Consequences
Whats the difference? Is one better than the other?
Setting Limits & Rules
Top 5 tips on setting the rules and establishing limits.
Sibling Rivalry
Sibling Rivalry - how to deal with teenager siblings who are fighting.
Teach Positive Values - 5 Ways People With Strong Moral Fiber Act
Read this article to see what values are and how they contribute to building a strong moral fiber – a chief component to success in life.
What Is Discipline?
What do you think of when you think of discipline? Is it about punishing a child to make her behave? Or is it about teaching proper behavior? Read all about it here.
Youth Risk Behaviors
A listing of risk behaviors and the differences between the sexes and which behaviors they do.
Career Planning Process
When you choose a career you should go through a four step process. These four steps are self, options, match, and action. Learn what all this means and how going through each step is a vital part of choosing a career in which you can find happiness.
Employment Laws, Information, and Guidelines
Everything you need to know about employment law, including child labor laws.
Interview Tips
Tips that will help your teenager land a part time or summer job.
Job Search for Teens
Are you a teen looking for a job? Here are some tips to help you get going on your search.
Job Search Tips
Here are some quick time-saving tips that will help your job search go smoothly.
Parents Overestimate Children's Bike, Car Safety Habits
Parents think their children use bicycle helmets and seatbelts more often than children say they use them, according to a new study by a University of Michigan Health System pediatric surgeon.
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