Teens aren’t the easiest kinds of humans on earth. They can be emotionally unstable, often volatile, and in many cases, seek negative attention. They seem to believe that they know all of the answers, and see themselves as invincible. All the while being incredibly insecure. It’s enough to drive you nuts!
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Helping Family Members With Addiction Problems
One of the most challenging situations that you can run into as a person is if a family member is struggling with an addiction. You can’t just leave them to the sharks because they are your family. But interfering in their lives may feel to them like you are overstepping your boundaries. It can be very complicated figuring out what actions need to come from you.
Currently, there is the opioid crisis worry about. And then lots of families have a history of alcoholism. Then there are behavioral addictions like when people become caught up in gambling. And then there are occasions when a family member may be either addicted to work or addicted to some pleasurable activity, in which case their life balance gets all out of whack. [Read more…] about Helping Family Members With Addiction Problems
How Domestic Violence Can Adversely Affect Your Children
Unfortunately, many women and men encounter situations of domestic violence on a daily basis and during those accounts, sometimes children are involved. This article in no way wishes to belittle the effect of domestic violence on the man or woman involved, but we want to take a look at the effects this horrible event has on the children who witness it. When a stone is thrown in the water, it creates ripples that seem to go on forever. There comes a time when we can no longer see them. The toll domestic violence takes on a child is much the same. There are effects that happen that we simply miss sometimes and so they never get addressed. Here are a few. [Read more…] about How Domestic Violence Can Adversely Affect Your Children
Ways Family Can Help With Addiction Issues
Most people at least have someone who has a problem with addiction issues as a friend or a friend of a friend. Not everyone has had to deal with addiction of a direct family member. However, for families where there’s a member that is struggling with addiction in its many forms, there are ways that you can help get them out of their hole.
Four particular things that can be looked at include researching the psychology behind addiction, sending the addicted member to rehab, getting them away from influences, and in extreme cases potentially even holding an intervention. [Read more…] about Ways Family Can Help With Addiction Issues
Behaviors To Watch Out For In Family Members
Though your family members may be the most familiar people to you in your life, sometimes it’s surprising that brothers, sisters, parents, and even extended members like cousins, uncles, and in-laws, can miss out on seeing potentially destructive behaviors. Because sometimes familiarity breeds less observation, it can be important every once in a while to step back and think about certain behaviors analytically.
Specifically, you can watch out for signs of gambling addiction, alcoholism, poor budgeting, conspiracy theory obsession, and poor health conditions in family members. These may or may not be things that they’re trying to hide, but don’t let your closeness get in the way of calling them out! [Read more…] about Behaviors To Watch Out For In Family Members
What are the Dangers of Teen Drinking?
A great number of teens today have developed a love for drinking alcoholic beverages as part of their social activities. There’s no harm in doing this as long as it is done in moderation and only on certain occasions. The problem arises if one starts to make it a habit to drink when out with friends.
The Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) reports that each year, excessive drinking claims the lives of more than 4,300 underage youth. In 2010, this resulted in $24 billion in economic costs. The CDC also noted that underage drinkers consumer more drinks per drinking occasion compared to adult drinkers. In 2015, it reported that 20 percent of young people aged 12 to 20 years drank alcohol while 13 percent reported binge drinking. [Read more…] about What are the Dangers of Teen Drinking?
Don’t Keep Alcoholism A Family Secret: Talk About It
When it comes to addictions, especially alcoholism and the need for nicotine, they can be things that follow from generation to generation. While less than half of the children of alcoholics will become alcoholics themselves, teaching them the risks will still help them understand what their other family members may be going through. [Read more…] about Don’t Keep Alcoholism A Family Secret: Talk About It
By The Rules: 3 Behavior Management Strategies For Every Age
Kids are masters at testing limits; it’s how they learn about the world and become independent. Unfortunately, the majority of children engage in this type of behavior to learn about you as well – when mom says to clean up, can they ignore her for five minutes? For twenty minutes? Figuring out what makes their parents mad and what they can get away with is just part of growing up.
As a parent, of course, you want you children to behave, ideally the first time you give a direction, but this won’t always happen and there will need to be consequences. If you’re currently struggling to provide your child with healthy boundaries or coping with problematic behaviors, it’s time to make a change. These 3 tried and true strategies for handling problem behaviors may be just what you need.
Consistency Is Key
One of the most important things that parents need to do when applying rules and disciplining their children is to always be consistent. If the rules say your child can’t eat in the living room, but you let them have a snack on the couch sometimes, then you can’t expect your child to understand whether or not that rule is actually meaningful. This leads to testing – your child will take food to the couch, and if you ignore it one day and yell about it the next, they may become anxious or unsure of how to respond. [Read more…] about By The Rules: 3 Behavior Management Strategies For Every Age
Warning Signs Your Child Needs Immediate Attention
Children need to be well supervised by their parents even when they reach their teenage years. When parents are able to keep an eye on their kids, they can guide them towards the right path and avoid major behavioral issues that are common in the growing up years.
A child’s behavior is influenced by various factors in his environment. As such, parents are responsible for closely monitoring them from early childhood when rapid growth and development occurs. [Read more…] about Warning Signs Your Child Needs Immediate Attention