The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 199 · Duration: 00:20:17 We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, Guilt Or Resentment-Choose Your Poison. Today we’re hearing from Jenny from Thousand Oaks, California and Jenny writes: Dear Neil, I feel like my daughter puts me in a no-win situation. She’s ridden horses […]
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Should I Be Concerned About My Son’s Lack Of Interests?
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 195 · Duration: 00:16:15 We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, Should I Be Concerned About My Son’s Lack Of Interests? Today we’re hearing from Nikita from Mumbai, India. And Nikita writes: Hi Neil, I came across your website while searching for the […]
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Do I Let My Teen Fail?
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 191 · Duration: 00:10:49 What do you do when you know your teenager is going to want to go to college, but they aren’t responsible enough yet to do the work to get there? Especially when you know they will need a scholarship to afford it. We’ll talk about this […]
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Top 5 Most Popular Podcast Episodes In 2021
This week, I rounded up my most listened podcast episodes from this year. These are the episodes parents are turning to in this time of great need to find solutions to existing problems they had or new issues that have since arisen. I hope these episodes help you as they have so many others. If […]
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Too Much Teen Independence
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 185 · Duration: 00:15:06 We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast: Too Much Teen Independence. Today we’re hearing from Jessica from Toronto and Jessica writes: Hi Neil, We are parents of a 17 year-old son and 20 year-old daughter. We are divorced, and our […]
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They Turned Mom Into The Family Sheriff
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 184 · Duration: 00:21:09 We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast: They Turned Mom Into The Family Sheriff. Today we’re hearing from Maggie from Massachusetts and Maggie writes: I have 2 sons left at home, a 19 freshman at college and 17 Jr. in […]
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Don’t Set Your Struggling Teenager Up For Failure
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 182 · Duration: 00:16:48 What do you do when your son gets suspended only 2 weeks after starting his freshman year at school, and when he goes back, finds a new way to get himself suspended? We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, Don’t […]
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A Royally Dysfunctional Family
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 181 · Duration: 00:16:37 We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, A Royally Dysfunctional Family. This week Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah made me stop and think, not so much about the Monarchy, which I could care more or less nothing about, or […]
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I’m Tired Of Micromanaging My Teenager
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 179 · Duration: 00:17:01 What can a parent do when they have to micromanage their 16 year old for them to get anything done? We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, I’m Tired Of Micromanaging My Teenager. Today we’re answering a question from Susan […]
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How Do You Set Limits With A Depressed Teenager?
In this episode Neil responds to a therapist working with a family with a depressed, non-compliant teenager. The therapist is using Neil’s Parenting Course and wants guidance for how to conduct The Talk when the teenager’s world is so limited. What can they take away when he needs everything for school and even a minimal social life?
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