- not taking your child’s injuries seriously when they’re younger, may make them feel like they can’t tell you anything when they’re older.
- PLEASE let your kids take personal days once in a while once they reach high school.
- grades are NOT everything. you can get plenty of well paying jobs now without having to go to college.
- really strict parenting WILL lead to sneaky kids. trust me.
- let them be who they want. they can’t change who they are, whether it be sexual orientation, gender identity or anything else. they need someone to support them.
- ^never say “they’re too young to know"
- 1 in 5 teenagers deal with mental illnesses of some sort. please make sure they know.
- you can’t MAKE them choose an educational field.
- even an A+ student, who’s a star athlete can be suicidal.
- MENTAL HEALTH COMES FIRST
- self harm is more common amongst teenagers than you think. it’s not always cutting (or on wrists). PLEASE BE AWARE.
- sex ed. doesn’t teach them anything
- tattoos and piercing aren’t “unprofessional” anymore.
- if they have depression, please DO NOT call them lazy. it’s almost the worst insult you could say.
- if their grades are dropping for no reason, ask about it, don’t assume things.
- most teenagers don’t have high self esteem. don’t make it worse.
- school is much harder now than it ever has been before.
- not everyone on the Internet is a predator.
- don’t take their phones/ computers away from them, as that is severing a link to what they feel could be the only people that understand and care about them.
- don’t get mad at them for always being on their phones/ computers. they have friends online and its absolute hell to get yelled at by your parents for talking to your friends.
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