If you are struggling to get your teenager to meet minimal standards, you might have better luck raising the bar and expecting them to meet high standards.
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All Kids Have Passion — Yes, Even Yours!
Know that your child or teen does have interests and you can play an important role in helping them develop and grow their interests. Here’s how:
Continue readingHow To Make Your Teen Apologize
If your teen is only reluctantly and insincerely apologizing, then it may be time to raise standards and improve accountability.
Continue reading“Help! I Can’t Get My Troubled Teen to Go to Counseling!”
In this post, I respond to a mom whose daughter refuses to go to counseling. When parents own their part of the problem, it creates a shift and takes the pressure off of the teenager.
Continue readingAn Honest Look at the Cause & Effect of Parental Burnout
Is parental burnout a real thing, or is it just a way of saying parenting is a hard job? Burnout occurs when we lack balance or when our efforts go unrewarded.
Continue readingTurning Parent-Teen Stress Into Parent-Teen Success
Neil is thrilled to announce the publication of his first TEDx talk on the topic of overcoming the control battle between parents and teens.
Continue reading7 Articles On Parental Burnout
Parenting is stressful & burnout can happen to anyone. Check out these articles to help you find some insight into parental burnout and how to recover from it.
Continue readingIs It ADHD or Is It Bad Behavior?
How is a parent to know when to deal with their son or daughter’s behavior as a function of their ADHD, or when it is simply bad behavior?
Continue reading“I Can’t Believe It… My Kid Just Got Arrested! Now What?”
If your son or daughter gets arrested, utilize the crisis to move off the old unhealthy path that led to the event, and find a new healthier path forward.
Continue reading“Help! My Child Won’t Go To School! What Should I Do?”
Meet Lindsay, a smart, talented, and charming 11-year-old. She needed to learn to be herself effectively, and her parents needed to help her accomplish that.
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