Dr Lewinn's Medic Teen Esteem Think Tank

Lorraine of Stafford heights

Respect

Respect and treat others how you want to be treated

Leanne of Panania

patience

i have learned to be firm but fair teanagers grow uo to be good adults once the awkward years pass you see how you have done a great job at bring up these young adults

Kelly of Mt burr

IT WORKS

I tried this product along with my son, it was extremly useful and worked unlike other products and washes we had tried. It is a very simple product to use and suitable for male and female. For my s (...)

Naomi of Brunmwick junction

try being positive

try to stay posative and keep an open mind and dont judge. remember if you cant say any thing nice dont say it at all..:)

Angela of Clare

Flaunt the Flaws

We all worry about our appearance, whatever our age, but in the end you find everyone is so focussed on their own flaws they don't notice yours. Even the divas aren't as perfect as we think. The mos (...)

Julianne of Cranbourne

Look at the speaker's life

Before you give any value to what another teenager says about you, look at the way their life is going.

Natasha of Westlakes

Kids live what they learn

I believe a parent is the single greatest role model for their kids. If your life and emotions are reasonably balanced then odds are theirs will be as well. A healthy mix of good study habits, a sport (...)

Adrienne of Napoleons

Be Open with Eachother

Having an open and honest relationship is the best way forward for teens to really learn how to become fabulously functioning Adults. It is a hard road between teenager and adult and it is up to us as (...)

Chen of Balwyn

Chen's Testing of Teen Esteem Advice

Chen's Testing. Very nice

Maddison of Ridgehaven, adelaide

Beauty may be skin deep but shallow people are not worth listening to :)

When I first hit my teens I broke out, and i dont just mean little break outs every now and then I mean full blown acne. It started on my back and chest then spread up to my face. I feel like crap as (...)

Sue of Atwell

appearance

helped clear up the skin giving the child more confidence

Lynda of Lara

Communication is so important.

It is more important to be available to your child during her teen years as now is when they get such conflicting ideas. School tells them they have the freedom to do whatever they want. Friends tel (...)

Lynda of Lara

Let it slide.

Sometimes teens are just testing the waters when they argue and behave bad, especially if they have been good before. They are trying out things for themselves and sometimes get frustrated. Help the (...)

Mangesh of Tarneit

be happy

never let down urself for appearence,be yr self,be confident!

Sue of Portland

Dont sweat the small stuff

If parents pick up their teen on every issue it will create a battle ground, teens are very good at debating their point. Decide what is important and can't be compromised on and what can be bent a bi (...)

Sue of Portland

Hang in there.

Our children need to push boundaries and find out where they fit in the world. We wont always like what they are doing but we will always love them and they will always be our children. Remember in di (...)

Lin of Tooradin

hey im here

we share a walk or coffee , and have a chat about their day or if i feel they have a problem i broach it on a walk like saying youve beeen looking down have you got a problem , i dont poush it and th (...)

Helen of Flemington

Using the right product of teens with acne or problem skin

It is imperative for parents address the issue of teens with problematic, blotchy skin as nothing else reduces their self-esteem as this condition does. My daughter absolutely loves the Dr. LeWinn's (...)

Karen of Point Cook

Take every opportunity to listen

I have found that my teen is not always ready to talk at times that are "convenient" for me. My advice is to take advantage of informal times with your teen. Peeling potatoes or helping with (...)

Angela of Buderim

Good attitude

Nothing is more attractive than a positive attitude.

Julie of Sunshine Coast

Don't leave it too late...

Getting good behaviour requires consistency, logical reasoning and making boundaries clear. This needs to be developed in early childhood to ensure that kids know parental/family expectations and have (...)

Julie of Sunshine Coast

Asking the right questions & Shower Confessions..

Coming up with interesting, surprising, and sometimes pointed questions, helps kids think, reflect and talk about their day. 'Who was the nicest person in class today?', 'Who did you play with at rece (...)

Julie of Sunshine Coast

Can't beat water, bravado and perspective...

Our think tank was both fun, productive and really constructive! More aptly named 'think and drink tank' we came up with a range of ideas and advice on teens and appearance. Loving water was consi (...)

Helen of Flemington

Be consistent

A parent must always be consistent with any punishment that has to be meted out. Your teen will quickly pick up that you are serious about the situation and the boundaries that have been over-stepped. (...)

Helen of Flemington

Keep them active

Keeping your teen involved in sport will ensure that they stay stay healthy, active and less likely to suffer from being overweight and obese.

Canh of Maribyrnong

Be Happy

Girls need to focus less on body image and more about feeling happy and healthy because at the end of the day if you've skin and bones and moody because you're depriving yourself of all the fabulous f (...)

Jodie of Bonbeach

be confident

with dr lewins products teens can feel confident in knowing it works and will help their skin get better my sons skin has improved by using the dr lewins range and given him so much confidence to go o (...)

Leonie of High wycombe

lookin' good

As long as you always look after yourself and like you for you it doesn't matter what others think

Leonie of High wycombe

Think Back....

When your teen becomes a handful try to think back over your life.Often we forget the way we behaved.If we can look on it all as learning and teaching we will go along way.

Leonie of High wycombe

talk talk talk

Communication is so important,there is always someone to listen just look around.It may be a teacher a family member or someone elses mother..talking always helps..

Daniellle of Harvey

helpful

use it daily

Helen of Flemington

Embrace beauty on all levels

as an adult it is important to emphasize the beauty of people of all shapes, sizes, colour and creed. This gives a teen a sense of finding beauty in many dimensions not just what is portrayed in the m (...)

Helen of Flemington

show me your friends.....

It is really important for parents to take a good hard look at their children's friends and their families. Coming into bad company really can be the downfall of many a teenager especially one with lo (...)

Jodi of Tenambit

Beauty Within

I am watching my three daughters and their friends grow up fast. So what if they have a few pimples, or uneven skin tone! They are all different, they accept each other as individuals and can see eac (...)

Allison of Warilla

dress to suit your own shape

we are all built differently and alot of the time it is to easy to follow what our friends are wearing, and honestly all the muffins top we see around do nothng for the gorgeous faces, there is always (...)

Allison of Warilla

dont bottle things up

If there is somthing inside bothering you, talk about it, there is always someone out there who will listen. and if need be scream from the roof someone will hear you, but never bottle things up

Allison of Warilla

show who you are!!!!

Always show others who you are, dont expect them to automaticlly know...

Allison of Warilla

show who you are!!!!

Always show others who you are, dont expect them to automaticlly know...

Catherine of Rowville

Listen!

Listen, Listen, Listen. Even if you don't like what you are hearing ... listen. Then talk ... don't lecture, talk! Reason with them and talk to them as adults.

Lorrae of Ballarat

talking to teenage girls

I have a forteen year old daughter and I find that if you tread carefully when trying to talk to her is good she will listen and take what I say on board. They are at such a delicate age and unfortun (...)

Leeanne of Kincumber south

Be yourself

Try not to conform to what is the latest trend. Be true to yourself and it will shine though. Being something that you are not, is too much hard work

Lou of New gisborne

Divorce not making your teen feel guilty

Instead of making your kids feel guilty and creating a loyalty bind over who they should be spending time with, encourage them to spend time with their other parent. Let them know that you'll miss the (...)

Helen of Norwood

If you expect someone to do something for you - you have to be prepared to do something in return

This might not be the touchy feelly type of report you are hoping for - but as parents of teens we discussed the need for the younger people in our lives who expect so much from us to realise life is (...)

Karen of Davoren park

every one has flaws

every one has flaws some people have more help to cover them up so that they wont be noticed dont try to hide your flaws just work on them so that you can live with them, there is always some one out (...)

Sunil of Melbourne

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Respect for yourself and others is KEY to good behaviour.

Sunil of Melbourne

Communication is the key

Try to be in touch with what is going on in your child's life, be attentive when they're telling you something, ask questions but not in a noisy way, ask them to tell you all about their day.. not &qu (...)

Sunil of Melbourne

Go Natural...

Just like its best to eat NUDE foods... its also great to be natural in your make up... Try to be confortable in your own skin - look after it everyday cleansing, toning and using face cream with SPF (...)

Karen of Davoren park

sit back and think

when some one treats you in a way you dont like sit back and think about how it makes you feel and try to remember that the next time you treat some one badly you will get treated by others as you tre (...)

Debra of Wynnum north

Clean Skin

Tenns need to be active in their role of keeping their appearance, fresh and clean. Dr Lewinn's helps all teens keep this active going.

Sandra of Niddrie

Clothing

Don't give bad comments about their clothing.

Sandra of Niddrie

Clothing

Don't give bad comments about their clothing.

Sandra of Niddrie

Be Friendly

Try to keep a friendly relationship with your kids, so that they come to you when they are in trouble.

Sandra of Niddrie

Weight

Never make any comment about their weight.

Sandra of Niddrie

Don't comment

If you can't make a good comment about their appearance don't make any comment.

Sandra of Niddrie

Keep your cool

If they are upset and distraught about something it is important for you to keep your cool.

Sandra of Niddrie

Friendly

I try to keep a friendly open relationship with my sons so that they will come to me if they have any problems in their lives.

Sandra of Niddrie

A good talk

I like to have a good talk with my sons each day to keep up to date with any events that happened during the day at school and uni. So they know that I have an interest in their lives.

Sandra of Niddrie

Keep it clean

My son has a big problem with pimplles on his face, I try to get him to keep his face washed and clean explaining, to him that this will help with his pimples.

Emma of yanchep

Boost self esteem

Always give out lots of compliments to your teenager as they are at a very vulnerable age and very very self critical. Lots of hugs help too!!!

Mangesh of Tarneit

have confidence boost!

"Don't get depressed and feel low just because your acne and pimples making you feel so.

Cathie of Sippy downs

Eating together does wonders

I know its old fashion nowadays but our family still sits down at the dinner table atleast 5 nights week. It is here where we are able to chat about whats been going on during the day, if anything has (...)

Alexia of Kingsford

Preservation

Aim to preserve yourself (body and skin) best way you know how, as you will benefit from it later in life.... Moisturise daily and ensure you do not spend too much time outdoors without protection (SP (...)

Jane of Monarto

Play it down

Don't pick, be consistent in cleaning..and PERSEVERE!!!

Kylie of Brisbane

appearance

young adukts need to feel that there appearance is superb, my daughter will not leave the house with out her make up on and hair perfectly she is only 14. i did ask her why and she told me that she (...)

Vicki of South grafton

15yo teenage male

by using the product night and day it has cleared most of my sons face he now feels confident enough to go out more in public

Pamela of Lindsey heights

Secret sharing

If your teen comes to you with a secret a friend has told them and asks you not to say anything, dont say anything. If you do they will never trust you again and the next secret may be a huge one.

Pamela of Lindsey heights

Media influence

I think the media plays a huge role in how teens view themselves and are influenced. I choose not to let my tweens watch music videos or buy the teen targeted magazines. Its good to watch them blossom (...)

Leeann of East gosford

Need someone to talk to?

If you feel you can't talk to your own parent/s,try one of your friends or even a friend of a parent.You'll find there are alot of people out there that care about you.

Wendy of Mendooran

Your Childrens Friends

When my teenage sons have a few friends over, I join in their conversations, make sure that you dont 'cramp their style', or say that they shouldn't be talking about certain things, but just a comment (...)

Wendy of Mendooran

Open and Honest

I think that it is very important that you should be open and honest with your children about everything. So when your child wants to ask you about something, instead of thinking that your child shoul (...)

Kerry of Willaston

Keep it clean

Teenager girls love to wear make-up my advise is to always thoroughly clean all the make-up off each day. stick to a daily face cleaning regime

Daniellle of Harvey

go kids

Teaching a child a good routine that they can stick to helps them achieve happy healthy skin and be happy within their own skin. Eg Skin care routine fits in perfectly with their teeth brushing routin (...)

Daniellle of Harvey

wonderful

to use morning and night

Margie of budgewoi

Teen Skincare

I found that Dr Lewinns skincare package was a great product for my 15 year old twin daughters skin, their skin was noticably clearer after just a few days use! I have had great feedback from the othe (...)

Susan of Redwood park

Keep them involved

When making big decisions, such as buying a car, or looking a t booking a holiday, we will involve our teen by encouraging them to do some reasearch on the item for us. We ask him to have a lkook at (...)

Susan of Redwood park

Daily talk time

We always have dinner together in the evenings and this is a perfect chance to chat about anything and everything. By making time to talk and get together, we have found our teen is usually very good (...)

Susan of Redwood park

Tidy Please

When my son's cloth start to get a little shabby or I'm just sick of looking at the same horrible Tshirts, instead of buying cloths for him - who wants their mum buying clothes for them when they are (...)

Susan of Redwood park

Consequences

When punishment is needed we have found by explaining to the teen why we are upset, rather than attacking them personally, and then saying because of this happening, I feel that you should, for exampl (...)

Kim of Eli Waters

Behaviour

Little problems most of the time can be dismissed otherwise you seem to be constantly harping at your kids remember positive remarks help build good self esteem and behaviors

Kim of Eli Waters

Appearance

Try new things if something isn't working after a few weeks it probably isn't right for you. Most teens have spotty skin don't panic its not the end of the world you will come out the other side

Kim of Eli Waters

Talking is great

I talk sometimes I get a response but mostly I know my kids listen.We have had a great response to the Dr Lewins and there has been a lot of communication. Teens are willing to respond to positive (...)

Margie of Tallebudgera

Don't cut my hair

Appearance is an important issue with teens. My son grew his hair long and wouldn't let me cut it for months. I found out that he had pimples on his forehead and was imbarrassed about that. The Dr Lew (...)

Margie of Tallebudgera

Let Teens have Freedom

Teenagers need a lot of freedom. Give them space to discover who they are. If you have taught them right in their early years than they will be ok. They will go through defiant times where they need (...)