Dear Parents....

Hey Parents!


We at HCC know parenting is hard, especially with squirrly teenagers. But we would love to help you!

Youth Specialties has a Parent Newsletter than provides tools, web links, and encouragement for parents of teens. It's a great way to stay connected to the world your teen is living in!


Below is a sample of the Parent Newsletter. We will post it here on the blog once a month, but you can also subscribe to the Newsletter directly by clicking on this link: http://www.realworldparents.com/newsletter/subscribe

Parent Newsletter

Contents

1. Tools for Parenting Teens


2. Learn Their Lingo


3. Links to Learn From


4. A Little Encouragement...And Humor

1. Tools for Parenting Teens

From http://www.realworldparents.com/starters/

Zoom Out

Let’s help our kids to pull back from the moment right in front of them to think about their big “P” purposes as a follower of Christ—no matter where they go to school, what jobs they hold, or who they…

Read More:

http://www.realworldparents.com/starters/article/zoom_out/

Featured Resource: Boundaries with Teens

In this exciting new book, Dr. Townsend gives important keys for establishing healthy boundaries�the bedrock of good relationships, maturity, safety, and growth for teens and the adults in their lives. The book offers help in raising your teens to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions.

http://www.realworldparents.com/store/item/boundaries_with_teens/

2. Learn Their Lingo

Cow-Mo = Cow-Mo is a subgenre of country music that is a mix of country and emo.

Noted = A reply posted when someone puts a status on facebook, myspace, etc. Sarcastically shows that you care, and are going to write the status down in a notebook, when you really don't care at all about the status.

3. Links to Learn From

Cortisol directly related to obesity in girls only
http://www.examiner.com/x-6180-Birmingham-Science-News-Examiner~y2010m2d24-Cortisol-directly-related-to-obesity-in-girls-only

Millenials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.
http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/751/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change

Teacher Tackles Shooter in Littleton School Shooting
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6882913.html

4. A Little Encouragement...And Humor

Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.

- Evan Esar