By Anne Maheux — 2021
The amount of time teenagers spend on social media isn’t the only thing that matters. So does how they use it.
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CLEAR ALL
Teens want honesty from adults just as adults crave the truth from teens. If we both want the same thing, why is it so hard to get there?
We must partner with our tweens and teens to strategize how best to support them to grow. Together, we can develop a step-by-step plan that protects their safety and develops their growing sense of morality.
What’s it like to raise a daughter? The answer to that question is as different as each individual child, as well as each individual parent.
Being a single father to a daughter can be particularly daunting, as you navigate all the social situations, complex feelings, and developmental changes your daughter experiences throughout her youth—without a firsthand understanding of some of what she's going through.
As children grow and their digital imprint becomes greater, so does their need to feel validated. But it is important to encourage the value of self-worth and validating ourselves.
By linking their value to approval from others, they are searching outside of themselves in order to feel good and worthy.