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Parenting Successful Teens

Dec 30, 2022

How can you tell, before you click, if an article is going to be helpful to you?  Or will it just leave you feeling worse?

Listen this week as I deconstruct 2 articles in real time that purport to answer the same question - Why do kids of good parents struggle?  Both articles leave their reader worse off but...


Dec 21, 2022

Serious listener question:  I feel like I don't matter that much to my kids, now that they're teens.  What do I do?

Recommendations + fun questions:

* Biggest Pet Peeve.

* Favorite Parenting Book

* Favorite Holiday Tradition

If you'd like to learn more about how to put the podcast ideas into action by working...


Dec 13, 2022

When it comes to parenting teenagers, your best move is to do things because you want to do them, not because you're banking on things like appreciation or even polite attendance as the expected outcome. 

Because no one knows what outcome will happen.  

So your best bet long term is to learn to pair activities that...


Dec 6, 2022

Improving your communication skills has long lasting effects on your kids.  When they become adults, their perception of their own social skills is influenced by how they communicate with you.  

As parents, we can use the teen & young adult years to improve our relationship through better communication plus lay the...


Dec 2, 2022

Psychologists say that there are basically only 4 parenting styles - permissive, authoritative, neglectful and authoritarian. 

Which one are you and which one is best?  Tune in this week to find out.