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Want to know what real teens think of most parenting advice? OnTeensToday Teen writers tell parents what they wish their own parents knew (and didn’t know).
As seen on CBS 4 Miami, Fox 5 NY, the Wall Street Journal and Epoch Times parenting column.
Welcome Brave Parents
HOORAY! Finally, parenting advice from the kid’s perspective! It’s usually impossible to get more than one-word-answers from us, but here I hope that I, along with my 8 teen writers (age 13-17) can be honest about real issues that teens and pre-teens are dealing with, so parents can actually understand us (well at least a small part of our world)…and we can finally develop better relationships.
As much as I LOVE my freedom, I know that adolescents are often two steps ahead of parental controls and because of this, watched many of my friends make really, really bad decisions. So, we have decided to break open the door to our SECRET, terribly complex world and let you in. Ok, I am exaggerating just a tad, but I do truly believe that *if we help each other stay informed, we can stay safe, supported and become happier adults.*
“You’re Grounded: How to Stop Fighting and Make the Teenage Years Easier : Written when she was just a teen herself, Vanessa Van Petten’s book,You’re Grounded, provides an interesting insider’s perspective on relationships between teens and their parents today. Petten, a burgeoning parenting teen relationship expert, covers the most pressing discrepancies among the modern teen/parent relationship, identifies key conflict instigators, and offers useful advice on how parents and teens can better co-exist together, if not reconcile their differences, while forging more trusting and understanding relationships.” -Trendcentral Review and Pick
Family Peacemaker n Young people who work with families and other youth to help bridge the fundamental gap between parents and kids. Vanessa Van Petten and other teen mentors work as ‘family peacemakers’ in Los Angeles, CA and on the web to help families fight less and communicate more.
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- Vanessa is also writer for MomLogic column: Tween and Teen Conversation Starters
- Vanessa is also a writer for Drug-free America (The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent the Partnership for a Drug-Free America’s positions, strategies or views)
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Vanessa Van Petten Bio:
As an author, entrepreneur and life trainer for teens, I have dedicated my life to helping parents and teenagers mend their relationships. After witnessing many of my friends from high school and college ruin their lives with drugs and alcohol, I learned that most of their anger stemmed from poor relationships with their parents. I believe that by helping bridge the communication gap and providing safer activities for teens, generation Y will grow up to be happier and healthier adults.
My Mission Statement: To improve parent-teen relationships by providing them with new perspectives, stories and neutral places to communicate. This will help families instill values and build strong relationships that promote healthy attitudes and lifestyle behaviors in this generation of young adults. To provide positive role models for young people.
Author Page:
- I am the teen author of “You’re Grounded!” As a senior in High School, I conducted hundreds of interviews to write “You’re Grounded!” as a practical, succinct and realistic guide for both parents and teenagers to read simultaneously. The book not only gives parents and teens strategies to develop their relationship, but also helps them with issues in their individual everyday lives such as cliques, bullying, managing the household chores and finding positive extracurricular activities.
I Started a Company!:
- I also want to share my escapades of being a socially conscious teen entrepreneur in order to help and give courage to other budding business owners.
- Starting a corporation on my allowance: Lakewood Systems, Inc.
- See my mission statement, business plan, goals and more.
Speaker Page:
- Speaker for School Programs
- Parent Groups
- Motivational Speaker for Teens
Consulting: Work with Vanessa Privately
- Parenting Coaching
- Family Manager
- Divorce Mentoring
- Consulting for Corporations on Teens
