Sometimes, it's easy to get so caught up with work, sports,
school, and other outside activities, that there's little time to spend
together as a family. It doesn't help that most teens want to spend their spare
time with friends, or with their noses buried in their electronics.
But teens who don't get enough positive attention from
adults are at risk of acting out. Rather than ask for attention, they'll do
something to grab your attention.
Giving your teen regular doses of positive attention can
reduce rebellion and other behaviour
problems. Here are 50 ways you can give
your teen positive attention:
1. Talk to your teen about his day.
2. Volunteer together.
3. Make dinner together.
4. Solve a problem together.
5. Root for your teen. Whether it’s a sports game or a big
test, let your teen know you are on his side.
6. Talk about the future.
7. Read the same book and talk about it.
8. Plan a weekend trip.
9. Go for a walk.
10. Write your teen a positive note - it will perk up his self-esteem.
11. Develop a new healthy habit together.
12. Rearrange your teen’s room.
13. Challenge your teen to a board game marathon.
14. Plan the family vacation together.
15. Make your teen his favourite lunch.
16. Make your teen a hot breakfast before school.
17. Plan a hiking adventure.
18. Take a class together.
19. Hug him.
20. Buy a sponsorship in the yearbook and write something
sweet.
21. Build or add to a family website together.
22. Plan a birthday party.
23. Watch a movie.
24. Do a puzzle and frame it.
25. Plant a garden in the backyard or a potted
indoor garden.
26. Stay in your pyjamas all day.
27. Play catch.
28. Have a picnic.
29. Go to a local historic museum.
30. Make your own t-shirts or sweatshirts.
31. Scrapbook or journal a day in your teen’s life.
32. Stargaze together.
33. Find shapes in the clouds together.
34. Go to the zoo.
35. Serve a meal at a soup kitchen.
36. Make a time capsule.
37. Go bowling.
38. Go to a professional sports event or concert.
39. Make a video.
40. Make a pillow or quilt out of your old T-shirts and
blankets.
41. Have a campfire and roast marshmallows.
42. Have a garage sale.
43. Write a letter to a grandparent about something
wonderful your teen did.
44. Bake cookies.
45. Start a small business together.
46. Talk to your teen about college.
47. Talk to your teen about serving his country.
48. Order out at your teen’s favourite fast food joint.
49. Spend a day at the beach or a lake.
50. Read one of your teenager’s current magazines.
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