Today's Tip for Families

12-04-2021

Prepare Your Teen for Difficult Moments

Sometimes, it’s easy to “do the right thing.” If everyone is driving safely down a road, there’s less temptation for your teen to speed.

But there are other, harder times when it may not be so easy to do the right thing. The teacher leaves the room for just a second during a test. Does your teen text the answer to a question to his friend across the room?

It’s during these hard times when it’s even more important for your teen to be prepared to do what’s right. Sometimes, the choices involved may seem unimportant. Should he get up when the alarm clock beeps, or roll over and miss first period? But even seemingly minor choices can have very big consequences. If your teen misses class today, it will be that much harder to catch up tomorrow.

Talk together about these hard moments. Let your teen know that everyone has to make choices. Often, by choosing the option that seems harder at the time (getting up and going to school), he will actually have an easier time in the future.


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