Last week, I talked about the top five ways to tell your teen "I
Love You," where I offered general principles for all you
parents out there to apply to your kid specifically. In case
you're still stumped, here are some hands-on, down-and-dirty
ideas for their application. While they won't all apply to you
and your kid, I hope there's something here that everyone can
use.  1. Spring for a mother/daugher mani-pedi date (or pay for
her to take one of her friends, if that's not cool).  2. Plug in
his phone when you see it lying around the house.  3. Bring his
favorite drink back from Starbucks.  4. Cook her favorite meal,
even when it's not her birthday.  5. Tell him he can call you
anytime and you'll be there.  6. Give her and her friends the
run of the house for a sleepover.  7. Share your secret stash of
chocolate.  8. Buy a plant for her room.  9. Offer to play his
iPod instead of yours in the car.  10. Let him help you decide
where to go for vacation this year.  11. Wash the car before his
big date.  12. Bu