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.
communication
Tools for Understanding
A Key Technique Therapists Use to Figure Out Children
Figuring out what kids feel and why is rarely easy or obvious. Child therapists have a helpful technique anyone can (and should!) use.
What Parents Can Do
The 4 Common Relationship “Mistakes” Parents Make With Kids
Watching for these four so-called “parenting mistakes” helps prevent relationship ruptures with your child.
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).
For Dads
How to Be a Father When Your Own Dad Was Absent
If your father was absent, you can still be the kind of father you wish you’d had. It starts with fathering yourself and here’s how. If you had an absent father, you can still be the kind of father you wish you’d had. It starts with fathering yourself, and here’s how.
Tools for Talking
Using Play Therapeutically, part 1
Therapists help children work through feelings and issues using play therapy, and you can use these tools, too, Here are some guidelines.
