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The Data Is Conclusive: It’s Time to Step Up

The Data Is Conclusive: It’s Time to Step Up

In the past, many authors, including myself, have written several articles about the emerging issues with children and adolescents growing up with smartphones in their hands. As time moves on, research is becoming more and more conclusive. Children and adolescents are...

Impossible: Motivating the Unmotivated?

Impossible: Motivating the Unmotivated?

One of the most common questions I receive revolves around the theme of motivation. Parents often ask how to motivate kids when they don't want to do something; usually, it's a responsibility. However, teenagers sometimes appear sad, lost, and unmotivated to do...

The Need to Be Right!

The Need to Be Right!

Have you noticed the last time you talked to someone out of their opinion or perspective? How about an issue with your child, where you argued over what was the right thing? Now, you can undoubtedly browbeat someone into submission or even bribe them to relent on...

Why Good Advice & Counseling Doesn’t Work.

Why Good Advice & Counseling Doesn’t Work.

Many families seeking change for their children arrive after trying many other routes to help their children. Whether it's anxiety that just gets worse, tantrums that have grown to an explosive level, unmotivated teens who won't do anything, escalating attentional...

How To Feel Bad When Working Hard: Taking Things Personally

How To Feel Bad When Working Hard: Taking Things Personally

In this series of mistakes that fail your family, I am highlighting common strategies that undermine your children's success and happiness. We have covered several behavioral strategies recently, but today's discussion focuses on a critical mental mistake: Taking...

The Backfire: How Good Intentions Turn South!

The Backfire: How Good Intentions Turn South!

If you have been reading this column for a while, you will recognize this 'Cale Truism' that I have addressed from many angles: Your superpower as a parent resides in your mastery of how you use your attention. What you repeatedly focus upon with your attention will...