The Greater Tilton Area Family Resource Center's Parenting Teens program

The topics covered include: 

SESSION I – The Active Parent

• Teens today
• Styles of parenting
• Control vs. influence
• Mutual respect
• The method of choice

SESSION II – Winning Cooperation

• Who owns the problem?
• Active communication with teens
• The key of encouragement

SESSION III – Responsibility & Discipline

• Logical consequences and more
• Problem-solving with FLAC-feeling, logic, action, consequence

SESSION IV – Building Courage, Redirecting Misbehavior

• The Think-Feel-Do Cycle
• Courage and self-esteem
• Five goals of teen behavior
• Eliminating power struggles

SESSION V – Drugs, Sexuality, and Violence

• Reducing the risks
• Overview of the issues
• Prevention strategies 1-4 (focus on sexuality)

SESSION VI – Drugs, Sexuality, and Violence (continued)

• Prevention strategies 5-10 (focus on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs)