If your kid has a smartphone (we’ll discuss that later) a tracker device can be a lifesaver if he or she gets lost.
You can also make us of the many MTA or NYC travel apps. Try a few test runs in the neighborhood and focus on building your kid’s confidence and self-reliance. Next, add a New York City bus and subway map and review travel options. Start by hanging a neighborhood map in your kid’s room with important points clearly marked: home, school, friends’ apartments, etc.
Travel alone, with friends or parent chaperone?. Unlike parents of elementary school-age children, who shepherd their little darlings door to door, parents of middle and high school students in New York City face a conundrum: how much independence we allow? The 7 Best Parenting Practices in New York City This best practices list covers all areas concerns for NYC parents and concludes with a list of NYC programs for teenagers. Naturally, teens have unique temperaments and personalities, just as parents have different parenting styles and approaches. The following checklist is a meant to guide and inspire discussion among NYC parents. As a psychotherapist, speaker and author who has spent 25 years working with teens and their families in NYC, I am not advocating for helicopter parenting or questioning the free-range kid movement, I am campaigning for common sense. While NYC offers exciting opportunities for teens, it can be a nerve-wracking fiasco for parents. The panicky phone call home goes like this: Talk to any parent of a teen who has gotten on the wrong subway and emerged in a strange new land. In a heartbeat, NYC teens are transported miles from home, deposited in different neighborhoods and communities, and left unsupervised, and too-often unequipped. This means the average teen in NYC travels farther and faster in less time than a suburban teen can hitch a ride to Walmart. 2 million New Yorkers under 18 yrs old (that’s a lot of youth!). 
The most subway stations in the world (nearly 500). The highest population density (27K people per sq. The largest school system (over 2K public & private high schools alone). Who can blame them? Compare NYC to other US cities and you’ll unearth mind-blowing statistics: 
A massive playground with endless possibilities, and unforeseen hazards.Īt my New York City Parenting Workshops, parents of teenagers inevitably appear the most stressed out. New York City can a teenager’s dream - and a parent’s nightmare. The ultimate resource guide for city parents.
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