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THEN
Listening to you say your first word – “mom.” Watching you learn to crawl and then start walking on your 1st birthday as if you knew how to do it all along. Taking you to get your ears pierced and watching that terrified look on your face and reminding you that this is what you wanted. Reading you bedtime stories until you could read on your own and then listening to you read them to me.
NOW
Playfully fighting with you over the radio stations or songs that we play in the car. Loving the fact that you care about your grades in school and watching you continue to excel academically. Giving you a little independence and dropping you off at high school football games and the mall so you can hang out with your friends. Seeing you stand up for others who can’t stand up for themselves and listening to the compliments from other parents on your positive actions. Laughing with you on only things that the two of us think are funny and watching everyone else trying to figure out what the joke is.
As much as we may want to freeze time and keep our children young, we have to do our best to prepare them for adulthood. Before they reach adulthood, of course, they have to through their teenage years. Click on the video below to find out about a resource for parents to help their children navigate through the teenage years.
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The Center for Parent and Teen Communication is a new, helpful resource for every parent with teenage children. To get an idea of what type of advice and guidance can be found at the Center for Parent and Teen Communication, click HERE to read an article from the director, Dr. Ginsburg.
The Center for Parent and Teen Communication uses the best of science on youth development and parenting to support healthy family relationships and empower parents to effectively guide teens to be their best selves.
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Oh wow… what a great resource to have! I still have a couple years until my girls are in their teen years. I’m already noticing that communication is key with them!!
Exactly – communication is key!
We had a vacation cabin when I was growing up close to Jackson, WY. While I didn’t like going as a teen (wanted to stay home and be with my friends!),looking back I have such fond memories of that time with my family, and wish we still had it in the family!
This sounds like a great resource for pre-teens/teens and their parents. We are just hitting that stage with our oldest!
We seem to never fully appreciate what we have when we have it.
Best of luck with your oldest!
Childhood goes by so fast! Some of my favorite memories of my kids are in normal everyday situations when they say sweet things, give inspiring insights, and are playing and laughinb without a care in the world.
It really does. I wish they could stay carefree longer.
One of my favorite childhood memories is exploring my grandpa and grandma’s farm with my cousins.
This sounds like a great resource for parents of teens!
So sweet! It really is a great resource. Thanks for stopping by.
I’m not a parent yet but I really loved the way my mother has been with me. She followed the exact things you mentioned in the post and that’s why I know how effective these all are. My all friends admire the relationship of me and my mother, and that’s all because of communication. Thanks for putting all these together.
It is so wonderful that you have a loving and trusting relationship with your mother! Thank you for stopping by.
a teenager is a stranger, he/she is not the kid you grew up I mean, he/she is but they suddenly start deciding what they want to be and so they are not just what comes out of your efforts but they are what comes by their self determination. THat’s why for parent communicating with grown kids can be so hard and sometimes frustrating. A place and a system helping and mentoring is such a useful idea!
I completely agree! Thank you for stopping by Sabrina!
Wow! I still have about three years when the eldest becomes a teen. I really try to listen to her childish talks now because I know that will build our relationship and of course the trust. Hopefully, things will be smooth when she transitions. She’s so moody!
Wishing you and your daughter all of the best! Hold on to those precious moments of her youth!
Having that line of conversation open is important on so many levels. I really liked it when I could open up about anything going on whether good or bad with my parents.
It really is important. I wish I had it with my parents.
I used to love family vacations when I was little, even though it often meant a lot of time in the car lol. Somehow when we all get away together, we can talk about things that don’t come up in day-to-day life. This is a tradition I have continued with my own family, and now that my eldest is a tween, I can see this continuing to be important as she and her sister grow into the teen years.
Oh yes, I do not miss the time in the car on the long road trips. But, I did enjoy our vacation once we got to our destination! Wishing you the best with your two daughters!
Children grow so fast! I didnt about the communication center. I love the memories shared. Lovely clicks. Reminds me of my mother.
They really do. Thank you!
My childhood was very cool… My best friend was my younger. We both used to play all day long together I remember the time when the first time I was going to school I was very sad as I was going alone and my brother wasn’t going to come with me. As my father held my hand my brother started crying loudly and as I stepped further he held my hand and cried out loud, I wanted to stay with him but my parents forced me to go to school when I came back from school he came running towards me and hugged me very tightly. I just can’t forget that day ever. This is my Best childhood memory every <3
That is an extremely sweet memory! Your brother didn’t want you to leave him.
This is such a great resource for families. I know that many parents struggle to communicate with their teens, and spending time together like this is a great start towards a closer relationship.
It really is. Communication is definitely key to a parent/teen relationship.
I love the idea of this center! Sounds ideal to me! I think it is a perfect opportunity for teen to get closer to their family to form a better bond.
It really is the ideal resource for parents and teens! Thank you so much for stopping by.
This is so very cool. I had never heard of a place like this before. And having a tween I can imagine how important it would be to have something like this. I will have to check to see whether we have anything locally.
Thank you! I hope you find something locally.
This sounds like such a wonderful initiative – what a wonderful idea to encourage. I think this type of thing could have helped me have a better relationship with my own mother, as we find it difficult to open up sometimes.
It really is. I too wish we had something like this when I was growing up.
The teen years are fun hey! I feel totally unprepared for them but so far we are managing ok – my big focus is on keeping the channels of communication open.
They really are! LOL. Communication is key!
I love this and I have an excellent relationship with my teenager due to keeping the lines of communication open. He talks to me about anything and everything – thank god!
That is amazing! So happy for you both!
Being a Parent its so nice if you and your kids are so close to each other that even what they want or hate ,enemy or what cos you are confident for everything will happen cos you really know your child.
I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for stopping by.
I have littles now, but I’m happy to hear there are great resources when the teenage years come around!
Treasure every minute of their youth! Time goes by too quickly!
This is really great. I know that my teen and I have a great relationship, I really need to work on the tween who is a boy, we communicate not so effectively.
Wishing you all the best! Communication is key and I am trying with my now 13 year old.
One of my favorite childhood memories of getting to bond with my mom was taking a road trip together to drive from Ohio down to Georgia for my great-grandmother’s funeral. Which might sound odd, since we were going to a funeral, but my great-grandmother had Alzheimer’s and had mentally been gone for over 15 years (so the family had really already moved through the grieving process). So it really ended up being a celebration of her life and the end of her suffering. But having that one-on-one time to travel down and spend time together, share memories about my great-grandmother, etc. was an incredible opportunity to bond and grow closer.
What a beautiful memory! So glad that you had that time together to bond more closely.
childhood memories – so many favorite ones; and definitely hard to pick any one at this time but loved this time of the year growing up in a tiny town in south India as it was the time for my favorite festivals of Navaratri for the Golu (festival of dolls) followed by Deepavali (festival of lights)
and thanks for sharing this valuable resource, with a teen and a tween at home, i am relearning parenting everyday..:)
Thank you for stopping by Vidya! You’re welcome!
This is perfect timing! My oldest daughter is 10 and we are considering sending her to school (we currently homeschool). But a major fear is that we’ll lose the close bond we’ve grown over the years of homeschooling and spending all our days together.
I have many fond memories of spending time with my family at the beach where I grew up in Barbados. There are too many to recount!
I hope it helps Elisa! I LOVE Barbados and can imagine you have wonderful childhood memories from there!
It is great to do this. I am hoping to be able to maintain good communication with my daughter as we hit these teen years.
I am hoping the same for me and my daughter. Thank you for stopping by!
communication is important in every child/parent relationship. even more so with teens
I completely agree Jasmine!
This sounds like a super idea and something that should be widely known about. I remember communication completely breaking down when I was a teenager and it would have been so helpful had someone, somewhere, been able to direct my mother and I to a better way to communicate. I love that you’re doing this!
Thank you so much! Communication is definitely the key to a better relationship.
My kids are toddlers, and the very word “teen” strikes fear in my heart! I’m so glad this resource exists, it’s nice to know there will be help navigating that crazy world.
Oh goodness, there are sooo many childhood memories that I would say are my favorites! Not just around Holiday times but just those little moments of laughter and enjoying each others company.
My daughter is entering the teen years, and it is definitely hard. Thanks for the tips and the resources – it’s good to have ways to help navigate through these times.
One of my favorite childhood memories is playing games with my younger brother (now living in another place) and setting up “campsites” indoors with pillows and chairs and playing with our toys inside the “fort”. Also, since my family really didn’t celebrate Easter when I was growing up, my brother and I would take old plastic eggs and hide them around the house with toys and stuff we already had. I know it sounds kind of cheesy, but I cherish those memories.