On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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Many of the ideas I have listed on my 10 activities for teens are great for dads and daughters.  Yet, I want to add and highlight a few because this is so important.
Sometime between the age of 12 and 17 there is a deep dark void that develops between dads and teen girls.  I like [...]

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Recently, I moved from my parent’s house to my own apartment—woohoo!  Moving was hard! It was so much work and I really wanted to do it.  I also get a lot of emails from people like:
“I am moving across the country and my 16 year-old son is freaking out, what do I do?”
Yes, moving was [...]

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When my mom did not get her private time, it was a problem.  I am realizing more and more that many of the moms I talk to do not take enough time and energy to take care of them selves.  They always put their needs last in the family.  No, scratch that, last in the [...]

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I have been putting up a few worksheet posts for parents to print-out and work through and have gotten great response.
Today, I want to talk about values, ethics and morals.  Values are so important.  I often try to incorporate values into my lessons.  There are also ethics for different areas of life.  Try asking yourself [...]

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