Tips for Parents
Tips for Parents
Tips:
- Emphasize exercise and good nutrition.
- Spend more quality time with your teens
- Monitor online activity
- Talk to your kids and maintain open lines of communication
- Be a good role model
- Set and enforce rules
- Be a good listener
- Catch your teen doing good
- Get help if your teen is struggling
Parent Resources
There are a many resources listed below to help parents raising tweens and teens. Family Resource Centers in the Sweetwater District have many resources for parents and families.
Tips for Raising Teenagers:
- https://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/10-parenting-tips-for-raising-teenagers
- https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/parenting-tips-for-teens/MY00481
Safe Surfing for Families:
This is a guidebook that offers step by step instructions for setting up your home computer security settings.