Ok Teens, I need your help

[Gentrygirl]

My son was diagnosed in June at age 12, is now 13.

Best advice I got from another CFer family member was not to lecture and hover, but encourage. That's hard not to do when it's new. You want to make sure they're getting all the treatment they need, that they feel like they're not alone, that you're there if they want to talk out their feelings. Well, the problem with that is that teenagers MOST of the time don't WANT to talk out their feelings, they just want to sort it out in their own heads in their own rooms. That doesn't change because they have CF. Boys breaking up with girls (or reversed) for non-reasons doesn't change because they have CF. Heartbreak will happen, and it gives us the strength and character we need to become adults. Let them be their age.

Great comments from the teenage girl singer on the "Breathe" video. You have to watch it (click on the banner at the top of the page). Very insightful for a young girl.

Good luck! She's a lovely girl and she will do great!

 

[Gentrygirl]

My son was diagnosed in June at age 12, is now 13.

Best advice I got from another CFer family member was not to lecture and hover, but encourage. That's hard not to do when it's new. You want to make sure they're getting all the treatment they need, that they feel like they're not alone, that you're there if they want to talk out their feelings. Well, the problem with that is that teenagers MOST of the time don't WANT to talk out their feelings, they just want to sort it out in their own heads in their own rooms. That doesn't change because they have CF. Boys breaking up with girls (or reversed) for non-reasons doesn't change because they have CF. Heartbreak will happen, and it gives us the strength and character we need to become adults. Let them be their age.

Great comments from the teenage girl singer on the "Breathe" video. You have to watch it (click on the banner at the top of the page). Very insightful for a young girl.

Good luck! She's a lovely girl and she will do great!

 

[Gentrygirl]

My son was diagnosed in June at age 12, is now 13.

Best advice I got from another CFer family member was not to lecture and hover, but encourage. That's hard not to do when it's new. You want to make sure they're getting all the treatment they need, that they feel like they're not alone, that you're there if they want to talk out their feelings. Well, the problem with that is that teenagers MOST of the time don't WANT to talk out their feelings, they just want to sort it out in their own heads in their own rooms. That doesn't change because they have CF. Boys breaking up with girls (or reversed) for non-reasons doesn't change because they have CF. Heartbreak will happen, and it gives us the strength and character we need to become adults. Let them be their age.

Great comments from the teenage girl singer on the "Breathe" video. You have to watch it (click on the banner at the top of the page). Very insightful for a young girl.

Good luck! She's a lovely girl and she will do great!

 

[Gentrygirl]

My son was diagnosed in June at age 12, is now 13.

Best advice I got from another CFer family member was not to lecture and hover, but encourage. That's hard not to do when it's new. You want to make sure they're getting all the treatment they need, that they feel like they're not alone, that you're there if they want to talk out their feelings. Well, the problem with that is that teenagers MOST of the time don't WANT to talk out their feelings, they just want to sort it out in their own heads in their own rooms. That doesn't change because they have CF. Boys breaking up with girls (or reversed) for non-reasons doesn't change because they have CF. Heartbreak will happen, and it gives us the strength and character we need to become adults. Let them be their age.

Great comments from the teenage girl singer on the "Breathe" video. You have to watch it (click on the banner at the top of the page). Very insightful for a young girl.

Good luck! She's a lovely girl and she will do great!

 

[Gentrygirl]

My son was diagnosed in June at age 12, is now 13.
<br />
<br />Best advice I got from another CFer family member was not to lecture and hover, but encourage. That's hard not to do when it's new. You want to make sure they're getting all the treatment they need, that they feel like they're not alone, that you're there if they want to talk out their feelings. Well, the problem with that is that teenagers MOST of the time don't WANT to talk out their feelings, they just want to sort it out in their own heads in their own rooms. That doesn't change because they have CF. Boys breaking up with girls (or reversed) for non-reasons doesn't change because they have CF. Heartbreak will happen, and it gives us the strength and character we need to become adults. Let them be their age.
<br />
<br />Great comments from the teenage girl singer on the "Breathe" video. You have to watch it (click on the banner at the top of the page). Very insightful for a young girl.
<br />
<br />Good luck! She's a lovely girl and she will do great!

 

[peter]

Since this thread has been recently approached I might suggest parents get the book "Parenting Children with Health Issues" by the Love and Logic Institute Press, 2007, authored by Foster Kline MD and Lisa Greene. I attended their seminar at the NACFC in Minneapolis in October and they spend some time with CF child care. Try this in your browser: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.loveandlogic.com/ecom/p-330-parenting-children-with-health-issues.aspx.">http://www.loveandlogic.com/ec...th-health-issues.aspx.</a>

 

[peter]

Since this thread has been recently approached I might suggest parents get the book "Parenting Children with Health Issues" by the Love and Logic Institute Press, 2007, authored by Foster Kline MD and Lisa Greene. I attended their seminar at the NACFC in Minneapolis in October and they spend some time with CF child care. Try this in your browser: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.loveandlogic.com/ecom/p-330-parenting-children-with-health-issues.aspx.">http://www.loveandlogic.com/ec...th-health-issues.aspx.</a>

 

[peter]

Since this thread has been recently approached I might suggest parents get the book "Parenting Children with Health Issues" by the Love and Logic Institute Press, 2007, authored by Foster Kline MD and Lisa Greene. I attended their seminar at the NACFC in Minneapolis in October and they spend some time with CF child care. Try this in your browser: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.loveandlogic.com/ecom/p-330-parenting-children-with-health-issues.aspx.">http://www.loveandlogic.com/ec...th-health-issues.aspx.</a>

 

[peter]

Since this thread has been recently approached I might suggest parents get the book "Parenting Children with Health Issues" by the Love and Logic Institute Press, 2007, authored by Foster Kline MD and Lisa Greene. I attended their seminar at the NACFC in Minneapolis in October and they spend some time with CF child care. Try this in your browser: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.loveandlogic.com/ecom/p-330-parenting-children-with-health-issues.aspx.">http://www.loveandlogic.com/ec...th-health-issues.aspx.</a>

 

[peter]

Since this thread has been recently approached I might suggest parents get the book "Parenting Children with Health Issues" by the Love and Logic Institute Press, 2007, authored by Foster Kline MD and Lisa Greene. I attended their seminar at the NACFC in Minneapolis in October and they spend some time with CF child care. Try this in your browser: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.loveandlogic.com/ecom/p-330-parenting-children-with-health-issues.aspx.">http://www.loveandlogic.com/ec...th-health-issues.aspx.</a>

 

[TeenwithCF]

Hey I'm Sofia and I'm 16. I have C.F.. Tell her that she can come to my new blog
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
">http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
</a>and we can chat about C.F.
I want it to be a place for young people with C.F. to support each other and I think
it can give her some encouragement.
Thanks <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Anyone else PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

 

[TeenwithCF]

Hey I'm Sofia and I'm 16. I have C.F.. Tell her that she can come to my new blog
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
">http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
</a>and we can chat about C.F.
I want it to be a place for young people with C.F. to support each other and I think
it can give her some encouragement.
Thanks <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Anyone else PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

 

[TeenwithCF]

Hey I'm Sofia and I'm 16. I have C.F.. Tell her that she can come to my new blog
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
">http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
</a>and we can chat about C.F.
I want it to be a place for young people with C.F. to support each other and I think
it can give her some encouragement.
Thanks <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Anyone else PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

 

[TeenwithCF]

Hey I'm Sofia and I'm 16. I have C.F.. Tell her that she can come to my new blog
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
">http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
</a>and we can chat about C.F.
I want it to be a place for young people with C.F. to support each other and I think
it can give her some encouragement.
Thanks <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Anyone else PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

 

[TeenwithCF]

Hey I'm Sofia and I'm 16. I have C.F.. Tell her that she can come to my new blog
<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
">http://youngcfcommunity.blogspot.com/
</a><br />and we can chat about C.F.
<br />I want it to be a place for young people with C.F. to support each other and I think
<br />it can give her some encouragement.
<br />Thanks <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
<br />Anyone else PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

 

[lakegirl1915]

heyyy i understand how she feels.... just tell her that he is not good enough for her and that if he cant handle how she is then he doesnt deserve a girl as good as her. nobody should feel like who they are is wrong because somebody else doesnt like them. she is who she is because God wanted her to be that way and nobody can change it or try and she shouldnt want them to...... tell her everthing will be ok and not to worry somebody good enough for her will come and treat her like she is the most perfect girl ever.

 

[lakegirl1915]

heyyy i understand how she feels.... just tell her that he is not good enough for her and that if he cant handle how she is then he doesnt deserve a girl as good as her. nobody should feel like who they are is wrong because somebody else doesnt like them. she is who she is because God wanted her to be that way and nobody can change it or try and she shouldnt want them to...... tell her everthing will be ok and not to worry somebody good enough for her will come and treat her like she is the most perfect girl ever.

 

[lakegirl1915]

heyyy i understand how she feels.... just tell her that he is not good enough for her and that if he cant handle how she is then he doesnt deserve a girl as good as her. nobody should feel like who they are is wrong because somebody else doesnt like them. she is who she is because God wanted her to be that way and nobody can change it or try and she shouldnt want them to...... tell her everthing will be ok and not to worry somebody good enough for her will come and treat her like she is the most perfect girl ever.

 

[lakegirl1915]

heyyy i understand how she feels.... just tell her that he is not good enough for her and that if he cant handle how she is then he doesnt deserve a girl as good as her. nobody should feel like who they are is wrong because somebody else doesnt like them. she is who she is because God wanted her to be that way and nobody can change it or try and she shouldnt want them to...... tell her everthing will be ok and not to worry somebody good enough for her will come and treat her like she is the most perfect girl ever.

 

[lakegirl1915]

heyyy i understand how she feels.... just tell her that he is not good enough for her and that if he cant handle how she is then he doesnt deserve a girl as good as her. nobody should feel like who they are is wrong because somebody else doesnt like them. she is who she is because God wanted her to be that way and nobody can change it or try and she shouldnt want them to...... tell her everthing will be ok and not to worry somebody good enough for her will come and treat her like she is the most perfect girl ever.