On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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“Jess WHERE IS MY HOSE?! It was right under my helmet, where is it?”
My roommate and I squeezed into two patent leather red mini skirts, grabbed matching fireman helmets, plastic axes and fake water hoses and ran down the dorm stairs toward frat row. It was the first theme party of the semester and we [...]

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How can we get teens to pay attention and realize that teen pregnancy is a serious issue? Recently, when I brought up teen pregnancy with my teen friends and mentoree couples–they laughed!
I wanted to direct my parent reader’s attention to the issues/myths/frightening opinions my teens have (and I had when I was in High [...]

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Ahh, boundaries.  It seems to be a constant problem for parents and daughters.  We all go through that stage.  In this video I talk about how to talk to your daughter about her clothing and style choices and how to present herself to boys.  Here is an overview:
1) Pick your battles
2) If you tell her [...]

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Currently, a few million teens in the world are on spring break as college students and even as seniors and juniors in High School. Do parents have any clue what is really going on?
Probably not.
I always thought that the Spring Break antics were sort of a well-kept secret/point of denial and ignorance from many [...]

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