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Stop Making It So Hard connecting with your teenager family enrichment Oct 02, 2023

Do we sometimes make parenting and relationships harder than they need to be?

 

I Know I have.

 

I am working on a keynote address entitled “A Hero’s Two Journeys”.   The message is centered around the impact of choosing love over fear regardless of our...

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How to Deal with a Difficult Teenager connecting with your teenager empowering your teenager family enrichment Sep 20, 2023

In this video you will discover two key perspective shifts that will transform your difficult teenager.

 

Your family enrichment coach,

 

Jim White 

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It Happened Again connecting with your teenager family enrichment Aug 30, 2023

This past weekend I was a presenter at a parenting conference.  One of the key points of my talk was centered on the impact of building a strong connection with your children.  My assertion was that if a child feels seen for who they are and loved unconditionally at home, they take that...

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Do Something Unexpected connecting with your teenager family enrichment Jun 26, 2023

Last week a great video popped up on my YouTube Feed.  It was a video of a little league baseball game.  The batter was a six year old girl.   In the video, she takes a swing and barely gets the ball off the tee.  As she was running to first base she did the unexpected. ...

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Understanding Your Teenager - What Every Parent Needs to Know connecting with your teenager family enrichment Apr 06, 2023

In this expert interview I had an awesome conversation with Lindsay Boccardo.

 

Lindsay is a speaker and coach.  She started her coaching practice as a career coach for young high achievers.   This work gave her a unique perspective into the younger generations. 

 

In...

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Upward Social Comparison - A Key Factor in your Teenager's Anxiety connecting with your teenager empowering your teenager Mar 31, 2023
  •  Does your teenager complain about not being good enough? Not smart enough, not athletic enough, not pretty enough?
  •  Do they feel like their life is boring compared to other kids their age?
  •  Are they jealous of what others have?

 

Today we are going to explore how upward...

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Parenting a Teenager - Stop Doing This Number 9 connecting with your teenager Mar 10, 2023

Stop saying that you understand what they are going through…

Even though you were a teenager once and you probably went through a similar circumstance, don’t assume that you know exactly what your teenager is going through.  Their life experience is different than yours. Would...

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Parenting a Teenager - Stop Doing This Number 10 connecting with your teenager Feb 03, 2023

Stop dismissing feelings …

 

Think for a minute about how you feel when someone dismisses your feelings. It feels like they just don’t get you and that you don’t matter.  Is this what you want your teenager to feel?  Your teenager  has enough of this to...

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Parenting a Teenager - Giving them what they need connecting with your teenager Nov 17, 2022

I have been reading “Parenting the new teen in the age of anxiety” by Dr. John Duffy and in the first part of the book he shares an interesting insight.

 

Picture this…

 

Today is the first day of school for your Fourteen year old daughter.  It is not just the...

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Co-Create a Plan for Social Media connecting with your teenager Nov 11, 2022

The other day my wife and I planned to meet for dinner at a pizza restaurant called Pies and Pints.  This place has become one of our go to dinner spots because of an awesome street corn pizza they have.  On this particular night I arrived at the restaurant about 30 minutes early with...

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How to help a teenager with anxiety - Part 2 Academics connecting with your teenager Sep 08, 2022

Part 2 - Building Connection:

 

  •  Ask curiosity questions
  •  Acknowledge what they say by repeating it back to them
  •  Validate their emotions

 

Our mission is to empower parents to choose love over fear regardless of the circumstances.

 

A FEA (Family Enrichment...

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How to Get My Teenager to Listen - Phone at the dinner table connecting with your teenager Jul 14, 2022

Today I am going to challenge you to adopt a new perspective when your teenager refuses to listen to your request to put their phone down during dinner.

 

See their resistance as a symptom of another issue. This is a sign that they need to reconnect. 

 

Two ways to build...

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