About Parenting Teens: Handle the Stress of Disciplining Your Teen

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Parenting Teens Parenting Teens Teens Today Summer with Teens Troubled Teens Help From Denise Witmer, your Guide to Parenting Teens Top Ways to Handle the Stress of Disciplining Your Teen Being the disciplinarian is never easy. Even when you do the job well, you have to handle all of the stress that comes with it. This stress can get so bad that you may not be at your best when disciplining your teen the next time. How do you handle the parental stress of discipline so that you can be at your best when you teen needs you again? Read what other parents have said and share your advice. See More About:  parenting advice  discipline  parental burnout Reason #1 Social Networking Is Cool Twitter is cool because you can get tweets from your favorite celebrities! I know that if Aerosmith or Michael Jackson had been available to us on a daily basis like Scotty McCreery or the Glee cast is, my high school friends and I would have been ecstatic. We all had celebrities we looked up to when we were teenagers. Our teens have the ability to interact with theirs and that is cool. Related Resources: Social Networking Teens Create a Strategy to Keep Teenagers Safe 3 Things Parents Need to Tell Their Blogging Teens What Parents Need To Know About Teens and Internet Usage Pretty Little Liars Will Cover Bullying This Season Heads up parents of teen girls who can't get enough of the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars, you'll need arm yourself with some talking points about mean girls this summer. EW.com shared with fans - and their fan-ish parents - what is in store for the four pretty BFFs in season 2, this paragraph really caught my eye: Additionally, the therapist storyline sparked a bullying-themed episode that will come later in the season. "She thinks the girls are being bullied by a mean girl, and we address the whole mean-girl issue," reveals King. "The girls can't tell anyone about 'A,' but she is the ultimate mean girl." So, let's be proactive and be prepared for our teen's questions and with talking points. Below are some resources located on the site. Please, let me know if you need more and share your thoughts and opinions in the comments area. Mean Girls Resources: 5 Tips on Dealing with Mean Girls Five Steps to Take if Your Child is Being Bullied Quiz: Are you raising a mean girl? The Pain Behind Being a Troubled Teen Parents know how stressful it is to put up with the challenging behaviors that troubled teens often exhibit. What many parents don't realize is that a teen who is acting like a pain is usually hurting and experiencing a great deal of inner pain and turmoil... read more. More from Kathy: 7 Secrets to Surviving a Troubled Teen | Parenting Troubled Teens Articles Kathy's Korner is a blog posting on the new and useful Troubled Teens Resources from our Contributing Writer, Kathy Rudlin, LCSW. Look for it regularly and please feel free to leave Kathy a message in the comments area. Parenting of Adolescents Ads Parenting Troubled Teens Camps Defiant Teenagers Defiant Teen Troubled Teenagers Featured Articles Teen Crafts - Crafts, Projects and Ideas for Teens Parenting Teens Ages and Stages Parenting Advice: College Information Family Life Education Talk to Your Teen   More from About.com Managing Chronic Fatigue These 10 important lifestyle changes can help you better manage fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. More> When to Go on Safari Plan your safari around the seasons to ensure viewing conditions are good and the animals plentiful. More> This newsletter is written by: Denise Witmer Parenting Teens Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Parenting Teens newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2011 About.com   Must Reads Talking to Teens About Tough Issues Quiz: Are You Raising a Healthy Teen? Teen Birthday Party Themes and Ideas 6 Tips for Parenting Troubled Teens How to Raise a Drug-Free Teen Advertisement