Parenting Teens Blog
Tips & strategies for navigating the teen years without losing your mind.
3 Proven Tactics to Help Your Teen Embrace Challenges and Achieve Their Goals
What's the best way to encourage your teen to set goals and persevere through challenges? Let me tell you…
Is your teen aimlessly drifting through life, lacking direction and purpose? It’s a common challenge for many parents. Here are 3 simple tactics to empower your teen to set meaningful goals and navigate their path to success.
Pro Parenting Tip #46: One a Day
I was working with one of my lovely clients, Jessica, who was frustrated with how her teen daughter treated her. "She's so rude to me. She gets nasty and shuts me out before I even open my mouth." Here’s what I told her…
Pro Parenting Tip #43: Create an Action Plan
My teen daughter, Lexy, was struggling to get started every morning and stay on task throughout the day. To be honest, so was I! So, I created this worksheet.
Pro Parenting Tip #42: Tap into Their Dreams
There is nothing as frustrating as asking your teen a question and getting a shoulder shrug, eyeroll, or grunt as a reply. What does it take to get them to talk to us? One way is to TAP INTO THEIR DREAMS.
Pro Parenting Tip #38: Don't Claim the Best Choice
Teens are wired to do their own thing. When we tell them the "right" thing to do, we claim it as our choice, not theirs. If you want your teen to make the "right" choice, give them the chance to claim it.
Pro Parenting Tip #37: Make a 5 to 1 Investment
The goal is to keep your teen’s emotional account as full as possible. That way, when the inevitable clash arises, your teen has enough relational currency to cover it. The more you invest now, the more your teen will prosper later.
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