Well so much for enjoying the summer. Emotions are running high with the teens around town lately. This sort of thing always happens when kids have to much time on their hands. They end up in gossip gripes.

All the he said, she said in the world wont iron out the truth when to many teens have their two cents in the kettle.

One innocent comment gets twisted and then off it goes into a big snowball effect running down a hill and engulfing everyone within its space.

By the time it gets back to the person the gossip has been said about. It could be very hurtful.
We know that emotions run high in our teen years due to the hormonal changes.

You would think that kids would learn and take it a little easier on each other.

Instead they seem to talk it all up and sometimes it hurts very fragile people.

So what can a parent do when the gossip around town is about their child? This is a good question. I wish we could just Act instead of Reacting to gossip at times. We often tend to make things worse.

My dad always said to ignore it and it will go away.
Sometimes he was right. But then sometimes he was wrong. If at all possible it is better to keep your distance and allow your teen to take care of things and solve the problems their own self.

Problem solving is a very good skill to learn early in life. Especially if their own words have helped them dig themselves into a gossip item.

The only time that it is good for a parent to get into the middle of such an issue is if in fact that they know a child is in trouble. If there is danger of a child going into depression or worse. Then it is time to step in and nip things in the butt while you can.

I think summer gossip is just one way kids go on and change their friendship groups. Most cases seem to work themselves out just fine.

It is just good to keep a friendly ear and eye open as a parent and be aware of what is going on around your child.

Remembering always that how you react to your child is very important and it will help them to learn how to manage stress.

I think my daughter has been pregnant three times in the gossip gripe. In reality she has never been pregnant. It was just one of those rumors to hurt her and make her feel bad.

However it has taught her to act more like a lady.
Because her friends are watching. She does care what they think even when she could care less what we think as parents.

Like I said Gossip what a topic.......