On Sunday 12th June, documentary film maker and historian Ken Burns delivered the commencement address at Stanford University.  His speech covered a number of topics – the impact of history on our thinking and behavior; creeds to live by from famous leaders; politics, policy and government; the blessings and curse of social media; and some honest personal advice for embracing […]

If you are living anywhere in the US right now, and in particular somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area then you are no doubt aware of the Brock Turner, Stanford rape case. Much has been reported, debated, and discussed in communities across the Bay Area and no doubt across the country. Seems that everywhere we […]

I just happened to pass by the tv the other day when the Today Show did a segment called ‘How Not to Raise a Little Jerk’.  Of course I had to stop and take a listen!  The creator of this fabulous title and TED talk is none other than Dr Deborah Gilboa, parenting expert and […]

Its funny how often we hear the word ‘resilience’ being bandied around today.  Probably because it embraces so many of the things we want for ourselves and for our teens – to have ‘grit’, to be able to rise to the challenge, to overcome adversity, to have a growth mindset…the list goes on. It was […]

OK. This might just be the first of our posts to get readers all ‘fired up’ over the difference between parenting in the 80’s and modern day parenting. Yes, we are aware that not everybody enjoyed the ‘raised by wolves’ approach to child rearing as often exhibited by our own baby boomer parents. The emotionally […]

Here is an article written by Tina Plantamura, entitled 6 Things I Wish I Had Never Told My Children, which appeared in the Huffington Post in 2015. In the article the mother of a high school graduate reflects on the things we may have told our children in the early years, and wish we could […]

Teenhackz is dedicated to helping parents help their teens (and children) to develop into successful adults. We aim to be the ‘one stop shop’ for articles, tools, advice, and videos – anything we can find that is both interesting and insightful in parenting teens.  We want to do the internet surfing for you and bring […]