tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post5309972300622017460..comments2024-01-28T07:29:31.518-08:00Comments on ONLINE PARENTING COACH: How to Say "No" to Children and TeensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post-43824301969575053392010-11-30T11:38:18.222-08:002010-11-30T11:38:18.222-08:00hi Mark
I joined your website and program a bit o...hi Mark<br /><br />I joined your website and program a bit over a month ago and have been implementing some of your ideas and they are helping. I am still a stressed out lunatic but I feel like I am not alone now -haaa.<br /><br />Anyway, this weeks newsletter is very relevant to my situation at the moment. My son Blake is 14 and a lot of his friends are going to night time parties in the park and drinking. I wont let Blake go and he thinks I am the strictest parent in the world. His argument is quite valid and it is "mum - im telling you the truth about what I want to do - I want to go to the party, have a few drinks but not get drunk, you will know exactly where I will be and can ring me at any time at all. Would you rather that or that i have lied to you and stayed at a mates house where the parents would have let us go but lied to you about what we were doing". <br /><br />I can see his point but I am just not comfortable with teenagers at this age drinking in the park. We live in Australia and the legal drinking age is 18.<br /><br />What advice do you suggest I come back to him with?<br /><br />Anita Marshall<br />Australia.Anita Marshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post-21348091937988604542010-11-30T07:46:07.880-08:002010-11-30T07:46:07.880-08:00Dear Mr Hutton
I wonder if you will be able to he...Dear Mr Hutton<br /><br />I wonder if you will be able to help us. My grandson, Jay, who is 14, 15 in January, has just been expelled from school. He is about to enter his GCSE year and this could have a devastating effect on his future. There is a history of instability in the home and his stepfather sees authoritarian methods as more important than being a friend and ally although he does try it doesn't come naturally to him. <br /><br /> Jay has a younger brother and sister and my daughter works hard to bring in money but although she tries to stay in control there are times when she loses her temper and then the fights get physical and Jay punches his little brother. Last week his stepfather came in from work in the middle of a fight and grabbed Jay and head-butted him. <br /><br />I'm deeply worried for Jay and my daughter is at her wits end.<br /><br />I found your website when I googled 'children who get expelled from school'.<br /><br />Look forward to hearing from you<br /><br />DebbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com