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Girls Calling Boys

When Boy-crazy Teens Drive You Crazy

By Laura Paul

Marian Stansbury, Ph.D., of Milford, Conn., a licensed marriage and family therapist and a personal and professional life coach, says she finds it is important for parents to know their children so they can discuss dating issues.

While Stansbury does not subscribe to the old-school thought that women should be submissive, she does say that girls need a balance in their lives. "I don't think that means a girl can never call a guy and you have to sit home and twiddle your thumbs and wait for the guy to call you ...," Stansbury says.

Being boy crazy is also often a matter of having too much romantic energy, so Carle advises parents to let their daughters watch soap operas or read romantic novels instead of calling their crushes from a cell phone 50 times a day or inventing screen names to talk anonymously to him on the Internet.

In the midst of it all, parents should still try to respect their teen's privacy while keeping the lines of communication open. Your son may be overwhelmed by a pursuer and may not know how to get out of the situation. Your daughter may become all-consumed with a boy and be blinded to other serious problems or issues in her life. Either way, your teen needs a friendly parent – not a friend – who is always there to listen.

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