If your teen is crazy (the answer is yes), change is not going to come from their confused and highly emotional brain. Which means that change begins with you.

They need you to listen, and listen and listen. This is how you build trust so they'll come to you when there's something important going on. You must be the sane one.

Learn more about listening and acknowledging your child's feelings in my newly released book, "Leashes, Lessons and Love: What dogs teach us about raising our kids and ourselves.

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It's June and the year is half over. How did you do with your resolutions 6 months ago? Or even yesterday? And what about your goals for your family?

Here's how better communication leads to more collaboration, and baby steps lead to success.

And... I'm happy to announce my first book has been published: Leashes, Lessons and Love: What Dogs Teach Us About Raising our Kids and Ourselves. Order your copy here:

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There's more to praise than telling kids how wonderful they are. It's time to focus on their character traits, which will take them through life, no matter what life brings.

For more support in communication, relationship building, and bringing out the best in your child, schedule your free Parent Support Call. Email me at [email protected]

Teens have a way of distracting us so they can avoid the issue we want to talk about. Your best tactic is to stick to the facts.

Letting go doesn't mean giving up or giving in. It doesn't mean cutting your child out of your life. What it does mean is giving your teen the opportunities and dignity of experiencing and learning from life.

There will be mistakes along the way. It's supposed to be that way. Letting go means being there to support them trough it, not to fix it for them.

There's an anonymous poem called "Letting Go". It says it all. To get your copy, email me at [email protected] and I'll send it over.

We hear over and over that it's what you say and how you say it. Let's flip that around and look at specific words and phrases to avoid. What you omit can be just as important as what you say.

When you try them out, let me know how it goes.

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** The opinions of the presenters are not a substitute for medical and mental health treatment.

Our praise often falls flat because we are the parents and

1. we offer it to make our child feel better OR

This episode goes into more depth about this this and what kind of praise works best.

Listen to the end for a free tool that makes effective praise easier to do. [email protected]

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** The opinions of the presenter are not a substitute for medical or mental health treatment.