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If you are living with a defiant teenager, you know the drill. You ask them to take out the trash, and they roll their eyes. You mention homework, and a door slams. You try to set a limit on screen time, and World War III erupts in your living room. Exhausted parents...
Your browser does not support the audio element. "Sometimes he just explodes. He screams, punches walls, and calls me names. I walk on eggshells every day. And then... he acts like nothing happened." Such behavior is not that rare. Parents share this kind of story...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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But you just aren’t sure how you can help your child lose the unwanted weight and feel good about themselves. You just aren’t sure how you can encourage them to get healthy and develop good eating habits.
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And then there are the ballistic, severe out-of-control tantrums! Such extreme tantrums evolve for various reasons. Frequently, I see these extreme tantrums with certain strong-willed or more oppositional children.
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They think they should be intervening earlier to resolve issues for their children. But most parents don’t intervene until the conflict escalates, then they yell and threaten.
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Getting a handle on the core parenting tactics that turn the picky eater into a healthy eater is priority one.
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There are a variety of reasons that could cause such an escalation in anger. The purpose of this article is to dispel a critical myth, and to make certain that parents become aware of the patterns of their own behavior, which can increase and escalate anger.
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