Spending screen-free time with your tween or teen without an agenda may seem like a tall order. But what if there activities that you both actually wanted to do together? This week we talk about the screen-free activities that will help build your relationship, without the pressure or expectation of "work."

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

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Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

Co-regulation is a term that we have been using a lot more of in the parenting world. Why? Because we want both kids AND parents to be calm and cool when conflict or challenges arise. Find out if you are co-regulating on the reg (pun intended!). 

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

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Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

Ahhhh, sibling rivalry and conflict. We get asked questions about this all the time. The truth is that figuring out a solution to sibling conflict is actually rooted in the motive for the action. We explore these motives on today's episode!

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

There's more to improv comedy than laughs. In fact, the skills behind improv comedy are useful in many social situations. Teaching these skills can help our students increase their flexibility. Find out how we do it, in this episode!

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

Have you ever seen an improv comedy show? Wondered how those actors do it? Well it really does take practice, just like navigating the social world. Which is exactly why we use improv comedy skills and practice in our therapy. Tune into this episode to find out how we do it!

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

Do your kids advocate for themselves? In fact, are they in-tune enough with what they want and need that they could make a case for these requests? That's why we are exploring self-advocacy today. Instead of just teaching social skills, we are going beyond and teaching self-advocacy skills so that kids can start asking for their own needs.

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

The neurodiversity movement from person-first language to identity-first language and treatment is SO important. Autistic people and ADHD-ers don't like the use of person-first language, so why are we still using it? Should we be accommodating people with all kinds of neurodiverse backgrounds or should they shift to "typical" society? Phew. It's a lot to take in. Let's explore!

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

We are talking again about some of the mental health trends we've been seeing lately and some great ideas for increasing mental health outlets in our kids and teens!

We reference this excellent article about increasing mental health systems in schools: Ojio, Y, Mori, R, Matsumoto, K, et al. Innovative approach to adolescent mental health in Japan: School‐based education about mental health literacy. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2021; 15: 174– 182.

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

This week Kate is exploring social skills both online and offline, and how they affect our tweens and teens self-worth. Have you ever felt personally victimized by comments on social media platforms, or even in person? This is something that our teens experience every day. We are exploring the findings from this article:   Resnik, F., & Bellmore, A. (2019). Connecting online and offline social skills to adolescents’ peer victimization and psychological adjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(2), 386–398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0953-z

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!

It is no surprise that virtual learning has been hard. But also, what has it shown us about the education system? How can we ask questions about what we DO WANT in an education system? Perhaps we will look back at this generation and they will be the ones that finally change the system as the result of their experience.

We are so glad you're here! At Be a Problem Solver Services, our goal is to help parents raise decent humans in a digital world. Need more help addressing social media use, teenage transitions, or essential workplace skills with your child? Check out our online services here:

https://beaproblemsolverservices.vipmembervault.com/

Be a Problem Solver Services are Kate (M.Ed., CCC-SLP) and Cory (Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC) - a wife speech pathologist and husband mental mental health counselor who focus on bringing you information about social skill development and character building. We both practice independently, and then come together to collaborate on important social skills issues that we hear from our clients over and over again!