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Positive Parenting of Teens

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A Curriculum for Parenting Kids from 10 - 15

College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota Extension Service and University of Wisconsin Extension

Positive Parenting of Teens is the perfect tool for educators who work with parents of 10- to 15-year-olds. This 300-page print/video curriculum includes lessons, background, handouts, discussion aids, resources, fact sheets and evaluation tools. Each training guide comes in a colorful 3-ring binder with 1-hour video!

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Contents

Parenting Teens Today
—provides insights into parenting in the context of teen culture, family and society

• Lesson Guide: Parenting Teens Today
• Background: Parenting Teens Today
• Background: What Teenagers Need from Parents, Teachers, and components Adults
• Overhead: Parenting Teens
• Parent Handout: Joys and Challenges of Parenting Teens
• Parent Handout: Teens Today
  Activity: Then and Now
• Parent Handout: Are You Feeling Old?
• Parent Handout: Thriving with Your Teen
  Parent Handout: A Parent's Gift (poem)
• Activity: Family Bill of Rights
• Resources: Parenting Teens Today
• Resources: Selected Websites

Perception
—discusses how misperceptions and self-fulfilling prophecies affect teen-parent relationships

• Lesson Guide: Perception
• Background: Perception and Misperception in Teen-Parent Relationships
• Optional Activity: Count the F's
• Activity: The Perception Game
• Parent Handout: Perception-A Key Variable in Raising Teens
• Discussion Questions: Perception-A Key Variable in Raising Teens
• Worksheet: Common Perceptions of Teens
• Worksheet: How Well Do You Know Your Teen?
• Worksheet: How Well Do You Know Your Parent?
  Parent Handout: The Cookie Thief (story)
• Resources: Perception
• Resources: Selected Websites

Development
—explains normative changes of adolescents

• Lesson Guide: Development
• Worksheet: Living with a Teenager
• Worksheet: Living with a Midlifer
  Activity: Memories
• Parent Handout: Crossing Paths-Adolescence and Midlife
• Worksheet/Overhead: The Forest and the Trees
• Facilitator Guide/Overhead: The Forest and the Trees
• Parent Handout: Understanding Physical Changes
• Parent Handout: Emotional Changes
• Parent Handout: Changes in Thinking
• Resources: Development
• Resources: Selected Websites

Communication
—helpful tips and information to improve parent-teen communication

• Lesson Guide: Communication
• Background: Communicating with Your Adolescent
• Worksheet: Communication Exercise Part I
• Worksheet: Communication Exercise Part II (Questionnaire)
• Parent Handout: Communication Basics
• Parent Handout: Communication Styles
• Parent Handout: Active Listening and I-Messages
• Worksheet: I-Message Activity
• Parent Handout: Humor-It's Good for You, It's Good for Your Family!
• Activity: Family Communication Activities to Try
• Optional Handout: Listen (poem)
• Worksheet: Communication Exercise for Teens
• Resources: Communication
• Resources: Selected Websites

Conflict
—teaches skills on managing conflict in teen-parent relationships

• Lesson Guide: Conflict
• Background: When Conflict Gets Difficult to Deal With
• Overhead: Big Ideas about Parent-Teen Conflict
• Worksheet: Working Through a Conflict Situation
• Parent Handout: Why Do Parents and Teens Have So Much Conflict?
• Worksheet: Is the Battle Worth Fighting?
• Parent Handout: Managing Anger in Conflict Situations
• Parent Handout: Great Ways to Deal with Conflicts Between Parents and Teens . . .
• Parent Handout: What Is Your Conflict Style?
• Parent Handout: Strategies for Minimizing and Dealing with Conflicts and Power Struggles
• Case Studies: What Would You Do?
• Resources: Conflict
• Resources: Selected Websites

Discipline
—explains use of guidance, control, nurturance and discipline with teens

• Lesson Guide: Discipline
• Overhead A: Punishment vs. Discipline
• Parent Handout: Punishment vs. Discipline
• Overhead B & Worksheet: Rules and Limits in My Family
• Overhead C: Negotiable Rules
• Overhead D: Non-Negotiable Rules
• Parent Handout: Parenting Styles
• Overhead E: Parenting Styles
• Activity: Parenting Styles
• Facilitator Guide: Parenting Styles Activity
• Parent Handout: Parenting Style and Control
• Resources: Discipline
• Resources: Selected Websites

Teen Decision Making
—helps parents teach teens decision-making skills

• Lesson Guide: Teen Decision Making
• Background: Adolescents and Decision Making
• Parent Handout: The Seven Steps to Responsible Decision Making
• Parent Handout: Decision Making
• Activity: Age-Appropriate Decision Making
• Worksheet: The Seven Steps to Responsible Decision Making
• Overhead: Blondie (cartoon)
• Activity: Decisions about Risky Behavior
• Parent Handout: Tips to Help Parents Deal with Teen Decision Making
• Resources: Teen Decision Making
• Resources: Selected Websites

Friendships and Peer Influence
—explores teen friendships and peer pressure

• Lesson guide: Friendships and Peer Influence
• Worksheet: Common Beliefs About Peer Pressure
• Parent Handout: Myths of Peer Pressure
• Worksheet: Helping Your Adolescent Deal with Peer Pressure
• Parent Handout: Teens and Their Close Friendships
• Worksheet: Keeping, Changing, and Making Friends
• Parent Handout: Cliques, Crowds, and Popularity
• Parent Handout: Guidelines for Parents Regarding Friends and Peers
• Resources: Friendships and Peer Influence Resources: Selected Websites

Issues Fact Sheets
—information to help parents deal with the tough issues

• Teens and Dating
• Teens and Responsible Sexuality
• Teens and Sexual Orientation
• Teens and Money
• Teens and School Success
• Teens and Employment
• Teens and Family Responsibilities
• Teens and Tobacco
• Teens and Alcohol
• Teens and Drugs
• Teens and Depression
• Teens and Suicide
• Teens and Tolerance
• Teens, Competition, and Sports
• Teens and Parties

Evaluation

• Evaluation Rationale
• Program Reporting Form
• Story Reporting Form
• Participant Session Evaluations
• Pre-test/Post-test Evaluations
• Telephone Survey
• Permission Form