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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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How to Get My Teen to Talk - The Late Night Visit connecting with your teenager Jun 13, 2022

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Sometimes the best way to get your teenager to open up is to enter their world. Here is one creative way to accomplish this:

 

In this example, let's assume you have a teenage boy who likes to play video games. 

 

Teenagers are more likely to open up and talk late...

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How to Get My Teen to Talk connecting with your teenager May 31, 2022

  

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Something to think about.

 

When teenagers are asked what they wish their parents would do better the most common response is listen.

 

Could it be that one of the keys to getting your teenager to open up and talk more is learning to...

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The Power of Family Dinners connecting with your teenager family enrichment Apr 20, 2022

With today’s busy schedules, the family dinner for many has been replaced with a trip through the drive-thru after soccer practice or a piece of leftover pizza eaten in separate rooms by each member of the family. Today I am offering a challenge to you: Develop a plan for having a family...

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A Shared Experience is a Great Way to Create Connection connecting with your teenager Mar 23, 2022

Recently, I was talking with the family ministry pastor at a local church, and he shared that each year they host a mud run for moms and their daughters. Here is how it works: They lay out a one and one-half mile course that includes a variety of obstacles. Included along the way are mud pits...

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