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Parenting With Wisdom
Little Bits of Wisdom;
It's Better To Lose a Battle If It Means You Can Win the War!

Children today are tyrants.
They contradict their parents,
gobble their food, and
tyrannize their teachers.
-Socrates

Parenting is difficult in the best of circumstances. But parenting adolescents and teenagers is a true adventure. Like any adventure, it can be fun and exciting if you know what to expect, scary and frightening, if you don't.

Many teenage issues appear to be problems, when they actually aren't. Learning to separate from parents is a normal issue, but many parents believe this process is rebellion. How do you know when to worry and when to chill out? Click here to go straight to the topics page, or scroll to the middle of this page to see the topics list.


This website contains many lists of signs and symptoms of potential problems. We also try to explain what is normal.The idea for this website was born several years ago when my teenage son went through a period of major emotional turmoil. As an experienced educator, I thought I would be able to handle these problems. Was I wrong?!!! As our problems continued to grow, I began searching for answers. They were not easy to find. Luckily, I knew many of the trained professionals in our area and I called most of them for help. But I realized that even with my professional background finding the answers had been difficult. What would a typical parent, without my contacts, do? This website was born.

It may be beneficial to keep a notebook nearby to be used for journal entries. Jot down thoughts as they occur to you. The subconscious mind often offers a glimmer of an idea or thought, a clue that may help solve a problem. But these thoughts may be fleeting, so write them down quickly. If you do not, they may be hidden from view and not resurface again. (If you find yourself getting angry or upset with any section of this website, it may indicate that your subconscius mind is trying to communicate its discomfort. Pay close attention to those parts, even if they are painful. They will be important.)

Our aim is not to blame parents for everything that happens to their children.If you are an average parent you may occasionally yell at your children, spank them, ignore them, or snap at them in anger. Your intent is not to harm your child psychologically, but this does occur. I truly believe that most parents love their children and truly do the best they can. Our main purpose is to help you do better. It's never too late to become a better parent. Learn from our mistakes. Even being overprotective is a form of child abuse. Who knew?!!!

***The following is a link to a website written for teachers. It contains stories about how children are abused by uncaring parents. These same students are very often let down by the government agencies set up to protect them. If you can not see yourself or your children in these stories, yeah for you! But if you can...
Click here for the stories index page.

Parents of Babies and Toddlers click here.

For parents of adolescents, tweens, and teens a list of topics is listed below:
Parent Heal Thyself
Subconscious Mind
Anger--A Hot Topic
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Self-Esteem
10 Easy Steps to Self-Esteem
Eating Disorders
Divorce
Depression
Suicide, signs of
Help! There's a Teenager in My House
Music, The Power of
Stress!
Bullies Is Your Child a Victim of a Bully? Or Is Your Child the Bully?
Sibling Rivalry--Why do my kids fight?
Manners, Where Have They Gone?
Help Your Child Learn to Make Friends
Internet Safety Tips--What to teach your child
Internet Safety--What Parents Need to Know
Tracking Your Teen--GPS (Global Positioning Systems)
Drug Testing--Should You Test Your Child?
For tips on helping children learn to think, click here.
Saving the Earth--Please teach your children about conservation
Healthy snacks for your child
Asthma-healthy, natural way to cure asthma without medication
Health Quizes-- click here to take our new health quizes. Covers adrenals, thyroid, pituitary and more

First Aid Kits--What Do I Need?
Should your child have a tattoo?

Parenting Book List--recommended list of books with Amazon.com links

Pet Lovers, click here. to enter our new Pet Pages.
Pets--affect our health, love

Topics Just For You
***For a list of interesting topics not related to parenting, go to the topics page and scroll to the bottom of the page. This includes things like dancing for your spirit, Feng Shui, loving pets, money tips, scam alerts

If you are just interested in information about the state of your body you can choose to order a saliva test scan. This can give you valuable information about your health (including adrenals and thyroid functioning). To order a saliva test, click here.

Humor, includes benefits of laughter, You're a Typical Parent If..., jokes, etc.

I surveyed a group of adolescent students about what traits they felt a good parent should have. Click here to read exerts from their essays on traits of good parents.,

Click here for a list of healing poetry,

Poems

Growing Up With Wisdom

Many of my adolescent students have requested their own site. They want fashion columns, video game information and advise on how to survive childhood. These pages are written for adolescents and teenagers. They will have their own index page but if you want to check the site out (which I recommend) click on the link below.
Click here to visit Growing Up With Wisdom.,

Click here to visit www.healingwithwisdom.com These sites are linked for easy navigation.

Click here to visit www.parentingwithwisdom.com

Our Feedback Form allows you to send questions, comments, or suggestions about our site and also to request more information. Our
Parenting Forum is a place for parents to post questions and responses to those questions. It is designed to be a meeting place for parents to share their experiences and to give advice to others. Additional questions have been added for alternative medicine questions/comments and several for teachers. If you have a private question or comment just email us by going to the "feedback" button.

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