Your Teens & Sex … what you may not know

Here are the most common questions I’m asked by parents about their teens and sex: How do I stop my teen from having sex too young? How do I know if my teen is having sex? What do I do if my daughter gets pregnant, or my son gets a girl pregnant? The most important [...]

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Should Schools Ban the Best Friend?

Here is my column from The Province, April 1, 2012: Q: What do you think of the “ban the best friend” policy in schools in the U.K.? They’re not allowing students to have a best friend and banning them from playing in groups of two. If they did that here, I’d pull my kids out [...]

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80% of teen pregnancies happened when drunk

A must see video from ABC on binge drinking: Video couldn’t be embedded so here’s the link. The big lesson here is to work on your children’s self-esteem.  Praise praise praise them for what they’re proud of, not just what they’re good at as they’re not always the same. Lisa Bunnage, Parenting Coach & Mom [...]

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Bill Good Show: “Ban the Best Friend”

Talking to Bill Good (CKNW) this morning, March 27th, 2012, about the UK banning the best friend. Here is a report on this.  This is only happening in a few select schools in the UK but it brings up an interesting point:  Should you encourage your children to have 1 best friend? I told my [...]

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Step Parent Boundaries

Q:  What is the role of the step parent? A:  To support the parents and be a positive influence. Q:  What if your children don’t get along with your new spouse’s children? A:  Family meeting time.  Explain that they don’t have to love or even like each other but they have to respect each other’s [...]

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Can Grandparents Discipline Grandchildren?

Here is my column in The Province: Q: Last year my daughter and my granddaughter, 4, moved in with me. My daughter doesn’t believe in discipline so has allowed my granddaughter to take over the household. She does what she wants, when she wants and if I try to stop her she runs screaming and [...]

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Learn how to say “NO”

Here is my column in The Province: Teens are great at understanding the dangers of drinking and driving – while sitting at the dinner table talking to their parents. They’re also wonderful at understanding this when I’m at their school doing a presentation about avoiding risky behaviour. As I’m talking I’m watching them nod their [...]

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16 Year Old Girl using Sex to find Love

Here is my column in The Province: Q: Our 16 year old daughter had a serious boyfriend a couple of years ago. Since they broke up she has been sexually active with several different boys. She says it makes her feel wanted and loved, at least in the moment. How do we get across to [...]

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Teens: Should your parents Facebook stalk you?

I seem confused about this issue as keep going back and forth: yes, no, never, sometimes. Okay, it’s never okay for parents to Facebook stalk you UNLESS they are truly worried about your safety and need information about what’s going on in your life.  Also, why do us parents do stupid thins?  Because we live [...]

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Girls asking Social Media: “Am I pretty?”

There’s yet another icky social media trend out there, teenage girls are going on Youtube, Facebook and Twitter asking questions such as: do you think I’m pretty? do you think I’m ugly? do you think I’m sexy? They’re going to social media for their self-esteem boost and it’s the last place they should be going. [...]

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