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Monitoring Adolescents

Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

Recent research has challenged how monitoring is defined. The new research argues that most of the available research operationalized monitoring in terms of parents’ knowledge of teens’ activities rather than active attempts to set limits, restrict teens’ behavior, and keep … Continue reading →

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How Does Addictive Thinking Develop?

Posted on April 17, 2011 by admin

While studding the work of Abraham Twerski, MD, who pointed out the critical importance of the cognitive processes of addicted people and reaffirmed the importance of such things as reasoning, decision making, concept formation, etc… I’ve learned a lot I … Continue reading →

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Helping a child with addiction.

Posted on March 3, 2011 by admin

Probably the hardest task for parents of the child with addiction is to find a way to help. Choices of intervention are limited when the child is already an adult. It is impossible to rationally understand the mind of the … Continue reading →

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Helping your teen to climb back to safety.

Posted on February 16, 2011 by admin

When I think about a troubled teenager, I get a visual of somebody who’s fallen through the crack and just hanging there holding on for dear life. What do you do when you stumble upon somebody who is barely holding … Continue reading →

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Counter-instinctual approach to parenting.

Posted on February 3, 2011 by admin

I am thrilled to discover a like minded professional who also points out that parents have to “customize their skills and tactics as they learn about their own motivations and their children’s strengths and weaknesses. Approach of moderation and resisting … Continue reading →

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National Parent Day?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by admin

Is there a National Parent Day or Week? There should be, because being a parent is the most challenging undertaking in person’s life! People take pride in their achievements in work, sports, business, etc… What about parenting? The results of … Continue reading →

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Why not do better job then your parents?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by admin

Why do SOME new parents all of the sudden employ the same approach they hated growing up with their parents? I think it is because raised that way, they never learned to trust their own instincts or oppinions, so they … Continue reading →

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Why people work with Parent Coach?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by admin

The challenge of being a parent today isn’t a lack of information. In fact, information load has made parenting more challenging and parents are lost: which parenting strategy to follow? They are scarred to make wrong choices. However who knows … Continue reading →

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Proactive vs. Reactive

Posted on December 24, 2010 by admin

The main trap for parents dealing with problematic behavior is that our own behavior is REACTIVE, we react to what happened. When we do that, it is hard not to fall into learned patterns that led to problems to begin … Continue reading →

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Language is everything!

Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin

Language is everything! It is crucially important how we express ourself and what we say to our children. What a difference it make while talking to your children and greatly impacts the message we are intend to deliver. Negative message: … Continue reading →