How to Break the Wimpy Parenting Cycle: Regulate Yourself, Not Just Your Kid
The wimpy parenting cycle runs permissive, irritable, explosive, then guilty. Learn to break it with authoritative, emotionally regulated parenting.
Teens
Articles focused on communicating with teenagers, from arguing without escalating to reaching a shut-down teen.
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Communication Strategies for Parents of Teens: Why One Approach Does Not Fit All
Generic parenting communication advice fails because it assumes all teenagers respond to the same approach. They do not. A teenager whose dominant…
How to Talk to Your Teenager Without Arguing: Understanding Their Communication Style
Arguments with teenagers escalate because parents and teens often have different personality-based communication styles, and neither knows how to bridge the gap.…
What Is It Like Growing Up With a Therapist Parent? An 18-Year-Old’s Honest Take
Dalton Thome shares what it is really like being raised by a therapist. Therapeutic dinner table conversations, PCM® personality insights, and heading…
Why Does My Kid Blame Everyone Else? Understanding the Rebel Personality in Children
Does your child blame others for everything? Learn why the Rebel personality shifts blame and get playful strategies to end the power…
Why Is My Teenager So Difficult? What Brain Science Says About Parenting Adolescents
Your teen's brain is under construction. A therapist's guide to parenting teenagers and brain development: natural consequences, and coaching over controlling.
Why Does My Child Seem to Lack Empathy? How Personality Types Explain Different Wiring
Worried your child seems to lack empathy? Learn how personality types in children shape emotional wiring and how parents can finally connect…