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.   (site to insert name of local FRC)

Parent Involvement

• https://www.parentinvolvementmatters.org/

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

Resources