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I’m a parenting expert and family coach. Our 21st century tweens and teens are so savvy about pop culture, technology and social media, they may believe they’ve got the emotional and interpersonal part of life figured out too. They don’t. Middle and high school kids need their parents to teach them how to be good people who do the right thing, online and off. Because home is where kids learn the most about love, respect, empathy and resilience, you need 21st century parenting advice you can count on.

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Letters from Parents & Teens

Abusive relationships:
“Lately my daughter has been lying to us and verbally abusive.”

 

Bullying:
“Why isn't someone doing something about mean girls?”

Dear Annie,

I have a 13 year old son and a 15 year old daughter. Our daughter has always been very obedient towards me and her father. But lately she has started going out with a 16 year old boy and she has gotten out of control. She is verbally abusive towards me and my husband, her schoolwork is neglected...

 

Hey Terra,

I read the article you were quoted in about the Scourge of the Mean Girls (New York Daily News, December 9, 2006). Please keep spreading the news because this is a huge problem in our schools. The affect on the victims is still yet to be told of its true impact. We all have been picked on to...

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