Teens
How to Stop Nagging Your Teen
Nagging your teen is a lose-lose for you and your teen: you both hate it. Instead, here’s what works (and why).
DEEPER DIVES
Teens
In this Deeper Dives section, we turn to the wonderful, frightful, confusing, intense, and glorious time in our lives called adolescence, when the big kid grows up. Teens present specific challenges, and here we take an in-depth look at what’s happening inside a teenager’s head and what parents can do.
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Teens
The Best Parenting Strategy With Teens: Collaboration
Collaborating with teens is the best parenting strategy simply because it works! And it helps your teen become an adult.
Teens
Why Teens Don’t Clean Up Their Mess: A Reason No One Expects
It’s developmentally normal for teens to be messy. Here’s a reason why they don’t clean up after themselves which parents wouldn’t expect.
Teens
The Key Way a Teen’s Brain Works
The teen brain works not in mysterious ways, but in predictable, logical ways. Here’s what’s behind their challenging behaviors.
Teens
One of the Best Ways to Discipline Teens
Consequences work for teens, but only in one form: “going on strike.” Here’s what disciplining teens should look like.
Teens
Why Adolescents Sabotage Their Own Success
Though it doesn’t seem to make sense when adolescents sabotage their own success, there are clear reasons behind the behavior. Here’s what parents can do.
Teens
The 4 Things Teens Really Want—and Need
To help teens—and their parents—survive adolescence. Here’s what’s going on in teens, and 4 specifics ways parents can help.
Teens
The Effects of Trauma on a Teen’s Development
The effects of trauma can prevent teens from developing into competent adults. Here’s why it happens and what parents can do.
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