Parents of Teen Girls
Does your cell phone text-messaging bill exceed the cost of your minutes? Do you find yourself running a shuttle service to the mall? Is the family bathroom continually occupied during nonschool hours? Do teen boys call your home, but not to talk to your teenage son? Do doors slam throughout your house for no apparent reason? Then you must be the parent of a teen girl.
As a parent of a teen girl or girls, you could use a break once in awhile. And who says that there can’t be a breakroom for parents who need one? Well consider this your own personal breakroom where you can hang out when you need some insight into the wonderful world of raising teen girls or if you just plain need a little empathy.
Issues Teens Face
In a recent study by the Barna Research Group, parents were asked to identify the most significant issues facing their teenagers. Here is what they identified in the September 10, 2007 Barna Update: Survey Reveals Challenges Faced by Young People:
Peer Pressure 42%
Performance in School 16%
Substance Abuse 16%
Behavioral Issues 15%
Values Development, College Choices & Acceptance, Attitude, Media Use 5%
Challenges related to faith 3%
Want to read more about this study? Click here.
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Virtue Alert!
The rants and raves of an author mom, smack-dab in the trenches of teen culture will keep you updated on what you need to know as a parent of a teen girl.
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Should She or Shouldn't She? - My Daughter and the HPV Vaccine
I sat in our pediatrician’s office last year and watched as she examined my 14-year-old daughter as part of her routine check-up. Amanda has always been relatively healthy so I was prepared to hear the usual, “she is developing well and on schedule for her age and aside from needing a DTaP booster she should be just fine.” What I heard was something that threw me into a tailspin and one year later I am still spinning.