Family disintegration is occurring at a rapid rate in today’s society...
Media messages and technology are driving disconnect, and moving many relationships from interpersonal to impersonal. This has created a, me first, attitude, highlighted by short attention spans and the need for instant gratification.
Families today are reporting dysfunctional communication patterns that should cause alarm for all of us...
And we all need to figure out how to get our values in order so we can raise a healthy, happy teen.
Simply put, it is getting more important to implementing common sense on a daily basis when raising our teens...
The way to create the family you have always desired is to incorporate the three core values that a healthy teen craves: Love, Respect and Honesty, in the four key areas of emphasis; Creating a Vision, Parenting, Communication and Quality Time.
On this journey to family togetherness we must first fully understand the values...
Love: an intense feeling of deep affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another...
Respect: holding in high or special regard...
Honesty: fairness and straightforwardness of conduct...
Look…
If you have ever been presented with issues between you and your teenager...
This book will show you how to easily and permanently have smoother and healthier relationships with your teens...
It starts with creating a vision for how you want your family to function...
The first point to make on creating an effective family vision is that every member of the family creates it together.
This is critical because it gives each family member a distinct and equal voice in identifying what is most important.
This also ensures there will be individual ownership of the vision by each member, and can help build in accountability when actions are taken that move the family away from their vision.
I’m going to be blunt with you…
You have to make this a priority now to fix any rough patches between you and your teen developing...
...Because it will only get worse without fixing it now.
...The good news is it's not rocket science to fix it.
...But many people misunderstand how to communicate or act around their teenager.
As a parent, it is critical that you have an understanding of parenting styles. Identifying your general approach to parenting gives you a baseline that will be used to identify necessary changes.
If you remain in the dark by being uniformed about how you parent, then change will be difficult to see...
