The Law Of Attraction - Help For Troubled Teens? Part 1

I stumbled upon the movie The Secret, of all places, while surfing through my cable's on demand channel. I was bored and looking for a movie to watch. I was laid off at the time and simply had nothing to do. I had actually5B4 just finished surfing the net looking for information on troubled teens. My 14 year old was skipping school, talking back and had a "I don't care about my future" attitude. We have 6 kids, 5 being teenagers, yet she was the only one pushing our buttons every chance she could.

At the time, if I could have afforded boarding school, boot camp or anything like it she'd have been on a plane. I came from a dysfunctional family and was out of the house at age 14. I took everything I'd learned from my experience and turned it around, making sure not to make the same mistakes my parents did. I wanted my kids to know how important, loved and special they were. And it seemed to be working out fine...until Amy turned 14.

Not having any idea what the Secret is I went and Googled it. It did seem interesting so I turned it on. I wasn't half way through before I realized this was big. I was actually upset, why hadn't I ever heard of this before? As soon as the kids got home, they watched it and we talked about it. I have pulled my troubled one aside many times since and shared with her some new thing I'd discovered. This year she is an honor roll student. Yes, we still have our moments, but none of them make me look up boarding schools!

What I try to point out to the kids the most is how to treat others and how the issues they face every day just may be their own doing. If you're focused on arguing with friends at school, fighti5B4ng, failing grades, mean teachers, bad hair days...then you may just get those things. So I always try to get them to RETHINK the situation. Yep, even for bad hair days. We have 6 kids..but 5 are girls. And I won't pretend that your appearance as a teen is completely silly and say some random "parent" statement like "you don't need to look good to go to school and learn". I do constantly point out those little things like "looks don't make a person" and "don't judge people because of their looks" , etc. So on those mornings when things aren't going well for them I remind them to focus on what is. And it is getting easier every time.

I noticed that the kids had taken only a slight interest in the universal laws. I even went and bought the master key system for them to read. They started reading it, but quickly got bored with it. At first I didn't understand why they weren't as excited as I was. To think I was middle class income, had never become a photographer and a writer, and had 6 kids because I thought that way! I knew about the 6 kids. I was an only child, and my Dad doesn't stay in touch with his sister very well. So I decided early that I wanted a houseful of kids so that I could have busy, bustling holidays with all the kids and grandkids when I got older. And only now when I think about it do I realize that I am late to every appointment..because I think "I'm always late". I never became a writer or a photograph5B4er because I stopped thinking "I'm going to be a photographer and a writer". If I knew then what I know now...I would welcome the Law of Attraction with open arms! Ahh to have this knowledge at the age of 19 like my son, or even 18..17..16..15..and 14 like my daughters.

So I bring up ways for them to deal with their problems, but I'm not pushing the attraction on them. Just by giving them suggestions on how to deal with things,I've started noticing; they don't seem to talk about their friends as much, when they want, something they will actually mention thinking about it and asking the universe(though I sometimes think they're just messing with me), and they don't seem to argue with each other as much. Yes, somehow the Law of Attraction has even helped them deal with each other, their friends and school in a more positive manner. But how, if I'm not teaching it to them? Through my "motherly advice".

Since I'm not teaching them "The Law of Attraction" but rather just giving motherly advice, but in a new form..it seems to be that I'm the one who has changed. I have found a new way to describe situations and how to handle them. I've given them a new way to look at other kids that "get on their nerves". I've given them a new way of looking at their future.

I actually have a few honor roll students now. There's more compromising, more promises kept and

less aggravation. When I was searching for help with troubled360 teens, I should have found this: Law of Attraction-Cheaper than boarding school or boot camp and way more rewarding!

Marcie Fell

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