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February, 2009 Posts published in February, 2009

Parents Need Someone To Talk To

Parenting Help Is Here Parenting is challenging! Parenting is fun! Parenting is frustrating! Parenting is wonderful!  As your world of parenting changes, from good to bad, parent help is available. Every parent needs someone to talk to, share concerns, share problems and discover solutions. ScottCounseling offers two helpful venues for you to share your parenting...

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23 Feb Posted by in Teens | Comments

Teen Pregnancy: What Parents Can Do

Teen Pregnancy Facts According to the 2007 Minnesota Student Survey, 21% of 9th grade boys and 16% of 9th grade girls claimed to have had sexual intercourse at least one time.  In 12th grade, the percentages jump to 49% for males and females!  Less than one-quarter of these students say that sex education in schools...

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23 Feb Posted by in Rx & Medical, Teens | Comments

Teen Pregnancy: What Parents Need To Know

Each year in the United States, approximately 750,000 teenage girls become pregnant.  This alarming trend has caused concerned parents to ask questions and become educated on the facts that surround teenage pregnancy and how these facts can influence change in teen behavior for males and females.  In 2006, the Guttmacher Institute provided an update on...

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20 Feb Posted by in Parent Coaching Articles, Teens | Comments

Teens & Driving Safe

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of fatalities for teens.  When compared to all other drivers, sixteen year old teens have the largest number of accidents.  The estimates economic impact of auto accidents involving 15 to 20 year old drivers is over $40 billion. Teens...

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19 Feb Posted by in Parent Coaching Articles | 1 comment

Adult Children Living At Home

All parents want their children to grow up and become productive, happy human-beings.  We want our children to have equal opportunities, education, participation and, above all, success!  Then why, more than any other time in our history, are their so many adult children living at home? Recently, ScottCounseling received this Parenting Counselor email from a...

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18 Feb Posted by in Youth Sports & Psychology | Comments

Positive Sports Parenting

Appropriate Parenting & Youth Sports Youth sports are beneficial and the children who participate have a tremendous opportunity to learn life skills that may benefit them long after their participation is over.  Positive sport parenting is essential for a young athlete to experience success.  It’s equally important for parents to realize that negative parent involvement in...

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Children Without A Conscience

Teaching children to develop a conscience or feelings that show remorse, sorrow or regret is a parenting skill that benefits a child’s character education.  Everyone is born with a conscience, but how one progresses in life from early adolescence to adulthood with expectations that he or she becomes responsible recognizing and using human conscienceness in a healthy manner, is not...

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12 Feb Posted by in Academics, Special Needs | Comments

Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Social Thinking and its Impact on Academics

ScottCounseling friend and author, Michelle Winner, shares her personal and professional experience and insights regarding children with Autism and Aspergers  Syndrome and the effects of “Social Thinking” as it impacts academics. As a speech language pathologist, Ms. Winner is qualified to shared her expertise on the topic of social thinking as it relates autism spectrum. Social Thinking and its...

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Stubborn Teen: My Teen Argues All The Time!

Is your teen constantly aruguing with you about everything?  As frustrating and time consuming that this may seem, teens are just trying to work things out.  Teens independence is a goal they are striving to reach.  Author and ScottCounseling friend, Christina Botto, has some interesting thoughts about why teens argue and what parents can do to...

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10 Feb Posted by in Teens | 2 comments

Teen Love & Support Parenting Tips

The following featured article is written by ScottCounseling friend and featured author, Christina Botto.  During a time when parents are searching for positive ways to show love toward their teen, Ms. Botto’s article presents some timely information and parenting tips to help us become the positive parent of teenagers.   Parenting Your Teenager with Love...

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