Make Time For Your Teen

People are so busy today. The family dinner has, for many, gone by the wayside yielding to meetings, practices, just plain busyness. Stop and consider how short the time is that your child lives in your home. Think about the family situation you are modeling. Whatever you do as a family will be repeated by your children with their families. If you take time to be 100% with your adolescent every single day (even if only for 10-20 minutes) you will reap the rewards of his or her spending time with you after he or she has grown and gone. You are teaching him or her now how a family interacts. Do it consciously.
Virginia Satir was the first family therapist. She told the world that people need 4 hugs a day to survive, 8 to get by and 12 to thrive. How many hugs to do you give your child each day? How often do you say, "I love you."
Building Adolescent Self Esteem becomes an automatic process that comes with being aware of how you live each day. How often and how do you interact with the teenager in your life? Pay attention. You will find the effort to be well worth your while.