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Why won’t my Teenager just Listen?!

You have a lifetime of experience and insight, but your teen is less than eager to hear your advice. You know exactly how she can solve the problem she’s having, but in her eyes, you couldn’t possibly know what’s best. If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. As a parent, it can be frustrating […]

WRITTEN BY: Joanna Fifner, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Medina County, fifner.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Jenny Lobb, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County, lobb.3@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (2015). Stages of Adolescence. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/pages/Stages-of-Adolescence.aspx
  • MedlinePlus (2016). Teen Development. https://medlineplus.gov/teendevelopment.html

Building 21st Century Family Relationship Skills

  How should OSU Extension go about Strengthening Ohio Families and Communities? What are the relationship skills needed to nurture Ohio’s families into the future.   Let me refer back to an earlier post Parenting Today = Tomorrow’s Leaders to guide us in this exploration.  This past post tackled the question of what parenting strategies to […]

WRITTEN BY: Margaret Jenkins, FCS Extension Educator, Clermont County

REVIEWED BY: Shawna Hite, FCS, Healthy People Program Specialist; James Bates, Field Specialist, Family Wellness, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

SOURCES:

  • https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/family-and-relationships/jenkins-188osu-edu/parenting-today-tomorrows-leaders/
  • http://extension.osu.edu/about/conversations-future-osu-extension
  • http://extension.osu.edu/about/conversations-future-extension/forecasting-ohio-2035

REFERENCES:

  • http://extension.osu.edu/sites/ext/files/imce/About_docs/Future_Conversations/17%20trends-social_skills_competencies_and_relationships_across_community_and_family_environments.pdf

Quality or Quantity?

There is no doubt that technology is changing how we interact with others. Statistics show that most Americans spend 11 hours per day using technology. Miriam-Webster defines relationship as “the way in which two or more people talk, behave toward, or are connected to one another”. Relationships thrive because individuals share personal information with one […]

WRITTEN BY: Jami Dellifield, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Hardin County

REVIEWED BY: Jamari White, MSW, LSW, Healthy Relationships Program Specialist

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/

SOURCES:

  • Jiang, Crystal L., Bazarova, Natalie N., & Hancock, Jeffrey T., (2010) The Disclosure– Intimacy Link in Computer-Mediated Communication: An Attributional Extension of the Hyperpersonal Model. Human Communication Research, ISSN 0360-3989, 37: 58–77. International Communication Association Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
  • Sutcliffe, A., Dunbar, R., Binder, J. and Arrow, H. (2012), Relationships and the social brain: Integrating psychological and evolutionary perspectives. British Journal of Psychology, 103: 149–168. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02061.x
  • Cummings, J. Butler, B. Kraut, R. (2002), The Quality of Online Social Relationships. Communications of the ACM, 45: 103-108. 0002-0782/02/0700

REFERENCES:

  • https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/family-dynamics/communication-discipline/Pages/Improving-Family-Communications.aspx
  • http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/pdf/Positive_Family_Communication.pdf
  • https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-between-the-headlines/201307/smartphone-addiction
  • http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-media-affect-math-dunbar-number-friendships

Co-Parenting Together

Did you know that the way parents talk to and about each other has an effect on their children? If you need help figuring out how to improve communication with your child’s other parent, Ohio State University Extension has Successful Co-Parenting classes  offered in several counties in Ohio. Whether parents are divorced, separated or not […]

WRITTEN BY: Patricia Holmes, CFCS, M.S.

REVIEWED BY: Barbara Hennard

SOURCES:

  • The Ohio State University Extension. Family Communication: Overcoming Obstacles. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/pdf/5192.pdf accessed 12/29/2015
  • The Ohio State University Extension. Helping Young Children Through Stressful Times. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/pdf/Helping_Children_Stress.pdf accessed 12/29/2015
  • The Ohio State University Extension. Resolving Conflict Constructively and Respectfully. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/pdf/5196.pdf accessed 12/29/2015
  • The Ohio State University Extension. Successful Co-Parenting. http://fcs.osu.edu/family-life/successful-co-parenting accessed 12/14/2015
  • University of Florida, IFAS Extension. 9 Important Communication Skills for Every Relationship. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1277 accessed 12/14/2015
  • University of Minnesota Extension. http://www.extension.umn.edu/family/parents-forever/resources-for-families/co-parenting/ accessed 12/29/2015

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