MEDIA RELEASE
April 24, 2003
Contact : Kathy Olson, U of M Extension Service Educator
(651-385-3100)
New Booklet For Parents Of Teenagers
Written By Kathy Olson, University of Minnesota Extension Service
Your teenager is pushing the limits on staying out late, and you're less than excited about some of the friends she's hanging out with. What do you do about it?
There are no easy answers, but you'll find many good ideas in a new booklet on parenting teens from the University of Minnesota Extension Service. The booklet is titled "The Growing Season: A Parent's Guide to Teens."
The booklet was originally a guide for The Growing Season video, says Kathleen Olson, a regional educator with the University of Minnesota Extension Service. "Parents tell me they appreciate the new stand-alone version with its in-depth, compact format and real-life examples," Olson says.
The Growing Season is a good resource for parents, schools, libraries, social service agencies or anyone who wants to know what makes teens tick. It covers positive discipline, communication, dealing with conflict, friends and peers and responsible decision-making. Also covered are school, parenting styles, dating, sex and sexuality, drugs and alcohol, depression and suicide, and jobs and money.
Copies are available from the University of Minnesota Extension Service – Goodhue County, Government Center Room 105, 509 5th Street West, Red Wing, MN 55066-2540; 651-385-3100 or 800-385-3101. The booklet cost is $7 for single copies, or 10 copies for $50. Ask for item 07776. Shipping and handling charges are extra.