By Peter L. Benson
During this sensible booklet, Dr. Peter Benson, a number one authority on adolescence and formative years, describes an easy but strong plan for awakening the spark that lives within each younger individual. Sparks—when illuminated and nurtured—give youngsters pleasure, power, and course. they've got the ability to alter a tender person’s existence from considered one of “surviving” to “thriving.” Grounded in new learn with hundreds of thousands of children and oldsters, Sparks deals a step by step method of supporting kids observe their exact presents, and works for all households, irrespective of their monetary prestige, parenting state of affairs, or ethnic history.
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Drawing cartoons on the computer? Usually parents complain about what their teenagers are doing—and not doing. Too many teenagers spend too much time on the computer or playing video games. Most don’t spend enough time doing homework, pitching in with family chores, or cleaning up their rooms. Although it’s true that rules and boundaries are often a major source of conflict for parents and teenagers, how teenagers spend their free time often hints at possible sparks, and needs to be seen and studied.
Look for someone who knew your child at a younger age (such as a grandparent, a coach, an aunt or uncle, or a neighbor) and ask this person what he remembers about your child. You may be surprised at what this person says. In his book Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer says we need to do more remembering of what our children were like when they were young, as those memories give important clues into who they are to become. Thinking About Screen Time In this time of rapid change, the world in which our teens are growing up is wildly different from the world of our adolescence.
The idea is that we would do far better if we focused less on managing and controlling teenagers and more on seeing, nurturing, and unleashing their strengths. Once we see our teenagers through this lens, we need to start showing them that this is the way to go. Independence In and around each of these three paths are some issues that help shape the teenage years and how you as a parent experience them. First is teenagers’ march toward greater independence. That’s part of their job. qxd 7/21/08 8:12 AM Page 43 Step Two: Know Your Own Teenager and what of you they will discard.