Keeping kids safe when they're not under adult supervision

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Keeping kids safe when they're not under adult supervision

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One of the most important things juvenile court justices want parents to know is how to monitor their kids outside the home because unmonitored kids are much more likely to be in front of them or in the newspaper. So, what I want to do is ask 4 questions to my teenager and not let them go until I'm satisfied. Who are you with, what are you going to be doing, where are you going to be and what adults are responsible for monitoring. Responsible adult is responsible for monitoring. So, I won't let them go unless I'm satisfied about all 4. The monitoring by the adult can be from the parking lot while they are in the concert. It might be 2 houses away if they are at some other kid's house. But unmonitored teens when they get together when other unmonitored teens and they engage in risky behaviors. It's like walking on the minefield. They may walk through be fine but who wants to see them do that?

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David Palmiter, PhD, ABPP

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Dr. David Palmiter is a professor of Psychology and Counseling at Marywood University. He is a practicing and board-certified clinical psychologist, a past president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the author of over three dozen publications, including two books on promoting resilience in youth, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (true of < 6% of psychologists), the American Academy of Clinical Psychology and the Pennsylvania Psychological Association in youth. He has also given hundreds of workshops on family issues for organizations such as The Navy SEAL Foundation, The Master Therapist Series at the University of Connecticut, The American Psychological Association and the McGraw-Hill Financial Group and completed hundreds of media projects for outlets such as CNN, The New York Times, US News and World Report and the Wall Street Journal. David is also a dad of three (two studying at Cornell University and one still in high school) and husband of 27 years to Dr. Lia Richards-Palmiter. A central aspect of his professional mission is to put air under the wings of parents as they try to raise happy and resilient children and teens.

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