Do you need help?

• Help communicating with your teen?
• Direction with discipline?
• Insight into today’s teen issues?

Come meet other parents, share common concerns,
and learn how to improve your relationships.

Free and Available to All Parents!

The Active Parenting of Teens Support Group meets the 3rd and 4th Tuesday of each month and is open and free to all Brunswick County Parents of Teens. This is made possible by the joint venture between the District Attorney’s Office and Communities In Schools and funding by the Brunswick County Juvenile Crime Prevention Counsel. 

1. The Active Parent – Teens Today
   1. Getting to Know Your Teen Better
   2. Drugs, Sexuality and Violence: The Problem
   3. Style of Parenting
   4. Control vs. Influence
2. Instilling Courage and Self-Esteem
   1. Courage and Self-Esteem
   2. Turning Discouragement into Encouragement
   3. Drugs, Sexuality and Violence the Think-Feel-Do Cycle
   4. Encouragement Activities
3. Teen Behavior and Problem Solving
   1. Five Goals of Teen Behavior
   2. Problem-Prevention Talks
   3. Who Owns the Problem
   4. Taking Time for Fun
4. Responsibility and Discipline
   1. Responsibility and Discipline
   2. Mutual Respect
   3. Basic Discipline Methods
   4. Advanced Discipline Methods (Natural and Logical Consequences, Active Problem-Solving)
5. Cooperation and Communication
   1. Cooperation
   2. Communication
   3. Drugs, Sexuality, Violence and Communication
   4. Expressing Love
6. The Problem-Solving Family in Action
   1. Problems: A useful part of life
   2. Family talks
   3. The Family Council Meeting
   4. Drugs, Sexuality, and Violence and Active Problem-Solving