Parenting Teenage Girls

Teen years for girls today are a period of real danger. Girls entering puberty often face a "crisis in confidence" which makes them vulnerable to risky behavior, and these bad choices can have devastating lifelong consequences.
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noora very nice subject i did like it

soo my wishes to u all the best!

4/11/2008
mom of a teen G too basic and a lack of professional advice.
....it looks as written by a teenager
1/9/2008
M. glick thank you. this is an exellent quick guide to parenting girls. look forward to the updated version. 2/25/2007
N BARRETT excellent. its help me to understand and I will use it in a letter to my now absent daughter 9/29/2006
khadijah hi i am khadijahh i am her to talk to any help you so just talk and reply 8/26/2006
doin it right i am 14 and just got pregant, my mom really supports me too. my dad hates me! what do i do? 7/9/2006
doin it right i am a very young mom, what are u trying to say? 7/9/2006
Francesca This is great however, when does the friendship end and the parenting begin when the teenage girl begins to believe she can say "anything" and get away with it. 6/28/2006
julianna what should i do if my daughter is hanging around a girl who is a bad influence? She says this girl is "fun" not like her other friends. 5/30/2006
jenny my daughter is a loving child and we have a great relationship its just really bad when she has to go school in the mornings ...she says she dont know why but thats the worce thing ever for a parent not knowing whats wrong :( 1/18/2006
jenny exellent from what i have read but my 15 year old wont go to school and when i try to get her out the door she go mental and frows anything at me :( 1/18/2006
anxious mother why do teenage girl decide to not listen to mother's even if they know it's fort heir own good? 10/13/2005
Magaret the article is good. tell me if the daughter is very stubborn waht do you do. can you allow her to go in a relationship at age 14 10/12/2005
prerna Hi scaredmom,

I think you should respect the fact that your daughter opened up and told you so that she "almost" had sex. Applaud her for that, she'll always turn to you for good advise.

Trust is something that needs to be inculcated most through incidents like this. Since she told you that she felt bad and stopped at the last minute, obviously she knew that it did not feel good to openly have sex with someone she wasn't sure she was going to carry on for the rest of her life. Talk to her. Communicaiton is key during adolescence but don't invade her privacy.

Let her feel important that her needs and private life are being taken care of before you speak with her, these will sow the seeds of a much better relationship with you as a mother.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

prerna

9/28/2005
scaredmom I think I have a pretty good relationship with my 15 year old daughter. She just told me she "almost" had sex with her boyfriend, at his house when she was aledgly walking the dog. She claims she didn't go all the way because it hurt and she stared feeling bad and stopped at the last minute. I don't know what to say or do. 8/17/2005
leialohalani can i plz have more info on teen pregnancy 7/1/2005
Bill Great work! It helped me, a single father. 3/14/2005
Babe good luck 2/9/2005
Becky
I think you need to remember she will always love you, but sometimes you have to put yourself in her shoes, dont be too strict but dont be to soft, enjoy you time together. remember when we were young, and said....."im never going to do that to my kid" i feels diferent now that were on the other side.
2/9/2005
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