Pick Your Battles – Homework Completion vs. Clean room. Homework should come first. Keep them busy with after school activities, hobbies (not just video games) Understand where they are developmentally: breaking away, maturing, social involvement. They will want to spend less time with you and their peers will take priority at this time. They are [...]

Many parents do not recognize when their teen is having trouble coping or spiraling downward. This happens frequently because teens don’t usually want to share what is bothering them with their parents and prefer to try and resolve things on their own. They may also see that their parents are overloaded and either don’t want [...]

The importance of being attuned to your child’s needs when they are infants and toddlers continues in the form of your being tuned in to what is happening to them in their childhood and teen years. How they are getting along academically and socially is extremely important. Having open and age appropriate discussions are extremely [...]

Many children and young adults feel entitled today. They feel entitled to toys, expensive clothes and gadgets in order to fit in. As they get older, this continues and manifests itself in teenagers who do not help with chores, don’t want to work hard, and expect their parents to take care of them forever. This [...]

I offer an informational session “How to Tell Your Children you are Divorcing” based on a presentation I gave to the Alliance of Divorce Professionals in April 2011. This session helps bring awareness to divorcing parents of the importance of prioritizing their children’s needs at this crucial time. Parents can highly benefit from a session [...]