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2. Director, Residency Training Program
Dr. Auxford Burks
Director, Residency Training Program
Ass’t Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Mark Levy
Director, Larchmont/Mamaroneck
Community Counseling Center
Dr. Seth Weitzman
Principal, Hommocks Middle School
This presentation has been posted on the Hommocks website.

3. Mark Twain American, 1835-1910 on the teenage years.
"When a child turns 12 you should put him in a barrel, nail the lid down and feed him through a knot hole.
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around . . .
When he turns 16, plug
the hole!"
When I got to be 21, I was
astonished by how much
he'd learned in seven years.”

4. Who took the “Communities That Care” Survey?
Last administered May, 2016
Anonymous & confidential
Nationally validated & reliable results
Very large representative sample of student body
Grade
Gender 6
367
Female
49.5% 7
378
Male
50.5% 8
362

5. Percent of Hommocks Students Using Alcohol in Last 30 Days vs. USA
USA data from U. Michigan monitoringthefuture.org
Percent

6. Percent of Hommocks Students Using Marijuana in Last 30 Days vs. USA
USA data from U. Michigan monitoringthefuture.org
Percent

7. Hommocks Students’ Perception of Risk
Moderate or Great Risk

8. Hommocks Students’ Perception of Parental Disapproval
“Wrong” or “Very Wrong”

9. Hommocks Students’ Perception of Availability
“Sort of” or “Fairly easy to get”

10. Paradoxes of Parenting People in Puberty

11. 1. Young adolescents: You can’t live with them
, and you can’t live without them.
2. Peers become more influential
, but parents will always be the greatest influence.
3. After puberty they look older
, but they are still very young and inexperienced.
4. Parenting is a full-time job
, but take breaks to have fun and to listen without judging.
5. Young adolescents need opportunities for independence
, but they need boundaries too.
6. Teenagers make poor choices and mistakes
, but never make them feel they are bad people.
7. Set the bar high
, but don’t be disappointed when they are unable to reach your expectations.
8. Always believe in your child
, but you cannot always believe your child.
9. While you must teach them to look ahead
, few decisions now are life-altering.
10. Your children will heed you, they’re just not on the same timetable. One day they too will say . . .
“I sound just like my mother or father.”