Boys Built Better

BBB 007: Raising High School Boys

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In the last of our series on transitioning to schools, today I am chatting with Alexis Karasek, a mom whose son just graduated high school.  In our other transitioning episodes, we focused on making a one-grade leap.  Since high school spans a lot of change maturity wise, today we are talking about your child from 9th-12th. Want more transitioning episodes?  Check out our episode on starting elementary school and our episode on middle school. Show Notes* Parenting with Love and Logic* Parenting with Love and Logic for Teens* Are you a lawnmower parent? Here’s a link to the article we talked about if you haven’t seen it. Timestamps* Why talk about high school as a whole instead of just 9th? (3:44)* First two/ last two years of high school (4:47)* Learning to Drive (8:59)* Looking Back with Perspective (11:40)* Bad Decisions (13:52)* Letting your son find himself (17:33)* Personality vs. Parenting (21:59)* Don’t save him (25:40)* Fail and Figure it out (26:51)