News, Advice, and Tips for Parenting Teenagers

Family therapist Sharon Smith has spent years advising parents on how to prevent their children from having an "entitlement" mentality. She also warns against "helicopter parenting", where a parent hovers over a child, making all of the decisions for him or her. But when a tragic accident took the life of her step-daughter, Smith found herself having to apply the advice she'd been giving for so many years to her grandson who was now in her care.

"'My parenting ideas as a counselor have changed,' Smith said. 'I'm going to have to live it - practice what I preach.'... Smith says life requires more than the tough parenting and marriage skills she dissects with others. It requires humor and faith."

There's been a lot of practicing and preaching in the Smith household. Smith and her husband currently have temporary custody of her step-daughter's son, Jake. They're awaiting ruling by the Family Court on a permanent arrangement. Read more at IslandPacket.com.

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