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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #13

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Dear Granddaddy, I didn’t let my teenage daughter sleep over a coed birthday party, and now she is mad at me because her girlfriends’ moms let them sleep over. Sandra M. a torn mom. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R41TSJFA5xo&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=13 Bravo Sandra M.! You were successful at that extremely difficult task called “parenting.”  You knew that your daughter […]

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #12

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Dear Granddaddy, my parents keep asking me about what I want to do with my future, and I just don’t know. I feel so confused. Katie K. – overwhelmed teen. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLl55nnwTfU&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=12 Katie, I can still remember being frustrated as a high school student when my guidance counselor kept demanding that I tell

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #11

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Dear Granddaddy, my girlfriend just broke up with me, and now everyone thinks I’m a loser. Eric V. – teen loser. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTSaYUtB8SE&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=11 Eric, my heart aches for you, but, not entirely because of the break up… It aches because you don’t understand yet that the break up isn’t that important. I am not

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #10

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Dear Granddaddy, my students are frustrating me. They’re very different today. Tim V. – veteran teacher. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_rVy9-Gag&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=10 I hear you, Tim. I, too, am a concerned veteran teacher. I, too, have seen what looks like a changing student body over the last two decades of teaching. However, when I look a little

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #9

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Dear Granddaddy, help. I’m stressed over my grades. Dakota B. – A really stressed out teen. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g7RzD0wqqQ&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=9 Dakota, let me begin with Henry James, the father of modern psychology. He said that 90% of the worst things that have ever happened to him have only happened in his mind. Therefore, it looks

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #8

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Dear Granddaddy, how do I get my boy to listen to me? Yarelis S. – frustrated mom. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbLXF86hpiM&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=8 I’m listening to you, Yarelis. I hear you loud and clear, but, unlike your boy, I’m a grown man. I’m pretty sure, however, I’m pretty sure that when I was still just a boy, my

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #7

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Dear Granddaddy, what do I tell my son whose father has become addicted to drugs and now rarely comes around? Amy D. – worried mom. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDEQN04sHbU             Amy, I’m sorry you and your son are dealing with this hardship. Drugs have damaged and destroyed more lives and relationships than any of us

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #6

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Dear Granddaddy, how do we get our kids to do better in school? Patrice C. a concerned parent VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APxZPUhvUEY Wow! That’s a question that could require volumes of work to answer. However, since you didn’t ask me how to make our children perfect, but only better, I think I might have some

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #5

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Dear Granddaddy, how do I become successful? Chris B. – an eager to succeed teen. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nWp1MHO88 Smile more! Yup. Look adults in the eye and smile more at them. Say, “Hi” more often to them. Stop trying to fly under the radar in the adult world. Pausing a moment to take an

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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #4

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Dear Granddaddy, what do today’s teens need more than anything else? Denise G. – Parent and Radio Personality VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukY8JVb4Etg Denise, there is no easy answer to your question. There is, however, an answer that makes sense. I believe, as so do many of my colleagues who are in the business of teen

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