Jay Fitter MFT, author of Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, spoke to Lon Woodbury, the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on L.A. Talk Radio, about the 5 essential issues to discuss with your teen and tween.
The founder of Struggling Teens and the publisher of Woodbury Reports, Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational Consultant. Since 1984, he has been working with families in crisis and their struggling adolescents.
A Brief Bio On Jay Fritter
Jay Fitter has well over 20 years as a family therapist and as a parenting workshop coach. Qualified as a Marriage and Family Therapist, he helps parents learn how to communicate more effectively with their children. He suggests that parents simply talk openly with their children and show their caring with love rather than a sense of obligation or a feeling of resentment. "Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide To Effective Listening," is his latest book.
What Are the 5 Essential Issues To Discuss With Your Teen And Tween?
Parents, Jay believes, need to discuss the following five things with their children: clothing fashion, school work, boyfriends/girlfriends, peer pressure, and rules and regulations. Parents simply can't afford to be oblivious about these things because they deeply impact their teens and tweens interests. This is because High School can be considered a slice of society, representing various social groups. The students children associated with affected their life and career choices. Children react much more emotionally than adults. They might even be suicidal over issues like a relationship break up or cyberbullying.
Parents should express their concern when they see dangerous clues and talk openly about it with their children. Jay suggested that parents need to learn to listen if they hope to develop good rapport with their children. It was often too late to begin a relationship with their children after a crisis.
The most successful parents were those who were patient with their child's behavior, who showed consistent caring, and who set clear boundaries. Clear boundaries were set through discipline. Punishment, on the other hand, was reactive behavior, occasions when parents vented their frustration.
Jay concluded the interview by briefly touching on a few more themes: how parents could help their child cope with a relationship breakup, how parents could help their children combat peer pressure, and how parents could communicate clear rules and expectations. His book, Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, covers these ideas in detail.
The founder of Struggling Teens and the publisher of Woodbury Reports, Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational Consultant. Since 1984, he has been working with families in crisis and their struggling adolescents.
A Brief Bio On Jay Fritter
Jay Fitter has well over 20 years as a family therapist and as a parenting workshop coach. Qualified as a Marriage and Family Therapist, he helps parents learn how to communicate more effectively with their children. He suggests that parents simply talk openly with their children and show their caring with love rather than a sense of obligation or a feeling of resentment. "Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide To Effective Listening," is his latest book.
What Are the 5 Essential Issues To Discuss With Your Teen And Tween?
Parents, Jay believes, need to discuss the following five things with their children: clothing fashion, school work, boyfriends/girlfriends, peer pressure, and rules and regulations. Parents simply can't afford to be oblivious about these things because they deeply impact their teens and tweens interests. This is because High School can be considered a slice of society, representing various social groups. The students children associated with affected their life and career choices. Children react much more emotionally than adults. They might even be suicidal over issues like a relationship break up or cyberbullying.
Parents should express their concern when they see dangerous clues and talk openly about it with their children. Jay suggested that parents need to learn to listen if they hope to develop good rapport with their children. It was often too late to begin a relationship with their children after a crisis.
The most successful parents were those who were patient with their child's behavior, who showed consistent caring, and who set clear boundaries. Clear boundaries were set through discipline. Punishment, on the other hand, was reactive behavior, occasions when parents vented their frustration.
Jay concluded the interview by briefly touching on a few more themes: how parents could help their child cope with a relationship breakup, how parents could help their children combat peer pressure, and how parents could communicate clear rules and expectations. His book, Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, covers these ideas in detail.
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Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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