The author of "Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, Jay Fitter talked to Lon Woodbury, the host of the weekly radio show on LA Talk "Radio, Parent Choices for Struggling Teens." The guest discussed the 5 essential issues to discuss with your teen and tween.
The founder of Struggling Teens and the publisher of Woodbury Reports, Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational Consultant. Since 1984, he has been working with families in crisis and their struggling adolescents.
About Jay Fritter
A Marriage and Family Therapist, Jay Fitter has more than 20 years experience as a therapist and workshop leader for parents. His latest book, called Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, is a guide to parents who find it difficult to talk to their children in an effective way. It suggests that parents talk and listen to their children without a sense of obligation or resentment, just with love.
What Are the 5 Essential Issues To Discuss With Your Teen And Tween?
High School was almost a microcosm of society as a whole, explained Jay. Consequently, parents simply could not afford to be oblivious about what was happening with their children, especially since their child's peers could affect career or life choices. One way to stay on track would be to engage children in discussions on their interests in fashion, schoolwork, dating trends, peer groups, and parental rules and expectations. Children, Jay cautioned, could be quite volatile, even reacting to something like cyberbullying or the end of a relationship with suicidal ideation.
It was necessary for parents to have open discussions with their children throughout their young years. It was often too late to develop rapport when there was a crisis. Consequently, it was up to parents to talk and listen to their children before dangerous clues showed up.
Parents, Jay pointed out, need to be patient with their child's changing behavior, show consistent caring, and set clear boundaries. They also need to be able to differentiate between discipline and punishment. Punishment is reactive and merely vents frustrated behavior while discipline is something that has been thought through ahead of time.
The interview covered a number of other themes that parents needed to learn to cope with like breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfrend, fighting peer pressure, and consistent and realistic communication of rules and behavior. All these topics and other are covered in Jay's book, Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting. It is indeed a practical guide to getting along with your children and helping them through their tween and teen years.
The founder of Struggling Teens and the publisher of Woodbury Reports, Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational Consultant. Since 1984, he has been working with families in crisis and their struggling adolescents.
About Jay Fritter
A Marriage and Family Therapist, Jay Fitter has more than 20 years experience as a therapist and workshop leader for parents. His latest book, called Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, is a guide to parents who find it difficult to talk to their children in an effective way. It suggests that parents talk and listen to their children without a sense of obligation or resentment, just with love.
What Are the 5 Essential Issues To Discuss With Your Teen And Tween?
High School was almost a microcosm of society as a whole, explained Jay. Consequently, parents simply could not afford to be oblivious about what was happening with their children, especially since their child's peers could affect career or life choices. One way to stay on track would be to engage children in discussions on their interests in fashion, schoolwork, dating trends, peer groups, and parental rules and expectations. Children, Jay cautioned, could be quite volatile, even reacting to something like cyberbullying or the end of a relationship with suicidal ideation.
It was necessary for parents to have open discussions with their children throughout their young years. It was often too late to develop rapport when there was a crisis. Consequently, it was up to parents to talk and listen to their children before dangerous clues showed up.
Parents, Jay pointed out, need to be patient with their child's changing behavior, show consistent caring, and set clear boundaries. They also need to be able to differentiate between discipline and punishment. Punishment is reactive and merely vents frustrated behavior while discipline is something that has been thought through ahead of time.
The interview covered a number of other themes that parents needed to learn to cope with like breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfrend, fighting peer pressure, and consistent and realistic communication of rules and behavior. All these topics and other are covered in Jay's book, Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting. It is indeed a practical guide to getting along with your children and helping them through their tween and teen years.
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Discover more about the problems faced by Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury records the entire interview on his L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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