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Support Groups for Parents and Kids
If you're parenting a very challenging teenager, you may feel it necessary to separate them from other teens with poor behaviors. However, there may be a lot of stress on teens with emotional and behavioral issues to try and fit in with the "regular kids." If you belong to a support group for parents of children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health issues, consider having occasional or regular kid activities. These may be one of the few times when your teen doesn't feel different. They're with other kids that are on meds, or are in therapy, or get poor grades in school. If you can keep the activities very structured, you just might find it beneficial for your teen to spend a few hours a month with other kids that he doesn’t have to impress or explain himself to.
posted by ByParents-forParents at 7:09 PM
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