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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 10

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I teach parents the underlying psychological mechanisms that cause their teens to have negative behaviors. I walk parents through the 3 primary needs that all teens have. By understanding what causes negative behaviors in teens, parents can learn what to do so they can stop their teen’s behaviors before they start.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 9

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast,parents learn how to effectively motivate their teens without getting angry, arguing, yelling, nagging or using a single consequence. Parents will learn what prevents their teen from listening and how to create a highly effective plan that ensures your teen will do their chores and homework without the fights. Parents can end their frustration and teens will feel empowered, respected and in control. Its a win-win across the board.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 8

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I give parents techniques for how to help their teen stay on track. ADHD can be so disruptive to a teen’s academic success so it is critical that parents have tools to help organize their kids. With these approaches you can help your teen by allowing for their brain to work in its natural way. Its about parents partnering with their teens and not constantly fighting with them to get homework completed.

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3 Things Parents Must Know About School Shootings

From 1970 to 2019 there have been over 1,300 school shootings. 18 percent of those have occurred since 2012. As parents, and as a community we must develop awareness of the real issues and intervene in appropriate and effective ways. Learn 3 things that every parent must know about school shootings.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 7

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I help parents understand why their teenagers respond to simple requests with attitude. Understanding teen mental health and the underlying psychological factors will help parents develop the foundation they need to be able to address their teen’s issues. Parents will receive practical tools to help deal with teen anger and conflict in their relationships. Learn the exact strategies I use in my teen therapy practice that I have used for over 16 years as a teen expert.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 6

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I teach parents all about teens and vaping. It is important for parents to understand why teens vape so they can develop a strategy to end it. I help parents see how teens use teen mental health struggles as a justification for use. I teach the names of some devices and where to go to find more education. Learn the exact strategies I use in my teen therapy practice that I have used for over 16 years as a teen expert.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 5

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I teach parents how to effectively motivate you teen. It is important for parents to understand the forces that create human motivation so they can apply them to their teenager. I teach simple to use techniques and the underlying rationale to ending the family struggles that are caused by unmotivated teens. Learn the exact strategies I use in my teen therapy practice that I have used for over 16 years as a teen expert.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 4

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I teach parents everything they need to know about their teenagers social anxiety. Understanding teen mental health and the underlying psychological factors will help parents develop the foundation they need to be able to address their teen’s issues. Parents will receive practical tools to help deal with teen social anxiety and support them in learning tools that will ensure they live engaged and fulfilling lives. Learn the exact strategies I use in my teen therapy practice that I have used for over 16 years as a teen expert.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 3

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I teach parents everything they need to know about communicating with your teen. Understanding teen mental health and the underlying psychological factors will help parents develop the foundation they need to be able to address their teen’s issues. Parents will receive practical tools to help them communicate effectively with their teens even if their teens are currently shutting them out. Learn the exact strategies I use in my teen therapy practice that I have used for over 16 years as a teen expert.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 2

In this episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I teach parents everything they need to know about teen self-esteem and what could eventually lead to teen depression.. Understanding teen mental health and the underlying psychological factors will help parents develop the foundation they need to be able to address their teen’s issues. Parents will receive practical tools to help their teens develop a healthy sense of self. Using these techniques, parents will take the steps to stop teen depression before it starts.. Learn the exact strategies I use in my teen therapy practice that I have used for over 16 years as a teen expert.

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Parenting Your Teens Podcast: Episode 1

This is the first episode of the Parenting Your Teens Podcast, I teach parents everything they need to know about teen mental health and teen relationship challenges and what to do in response to the struggles.. Understanding teen mental health and the underlying psychological factors will help parents develop the foundation they need to be able to address their teen’s issues. Parents will receive practical tools to help their teens develop into healthy adults. Learn the exact strategies I use in my teen therapy practice that I have used for over 16 years as a teen expert.

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5 Amazing Signs You're Doing It Right with Your Teen

With everything there is in this world to make you question whether or not you are being a good parent it can be hard to think of yourself as competent.  We live in a world of parent shaming and social media has added to this ultra-competitive nature of parenting by giving everyone with an opinion the ability to question the decions you are making.  This article will turn that approach around.  Here are 5 signs that you are doing an amazing job with your teen.

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5 Major Tips To Survive The Prom

Prom night is the end of childhood for your teen, the beginning of adulthood, and the true test of responsibility and behaving. Teens spend almost the entire year planning, shopping, and talking about prom night; they see the few hours as one of the most important night of their college career. However parents see the night as emotional and riddled with fear.

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How To Respond To Your Teens Music: Art Of Self-Expression

Music can take many forms, but at its root in every form it relays various emotions. Sounds and lyrics portray and talk about love, heartbreak, friendship, tragedy, happiness, sadness, and loneliness. It is the one form of art that is relatable no matter your age, gender, or race, or what you are going through. You can find music to fit your mood, attitude and want for self-expression.

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5 Warning Signs Your Teen Is Being Bullied

Many parents and adults know bullying is a common issue among kids, especially in their teenage years, but most do not know just how common or the effects it can cause short and long term. More than one out of every five (20.8%) students report being bullied according to the National Center for Educational Statistics (2016). To put that statistic into perspective, for a class with 30 students, about every sixth is bullied.

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The Technology Trap: How Social Media And Text Apps Are Keeping Parents In The Dark

It seems so long ago that we had to call a landline to get a hold of someone we wanted to have a conversation with.  Long gone are the days where parents acted as the gatekeeper for who their kids talked to.  Now it is as easy to talk to anybody you like with the click of a button, and with people posing as others on the Internet it is near impossible to be certain who your kid is actually talking to.

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