Sometimes moms and dads come to me and complain of a radical change in their child.  It’s almost like a teen went to bed one night and woke up the next morning a different person.  Someone nobody liked!

Has it ever happened to you?  Your teen changed drastically in a relatively short time?  It’s in these cases that I encourage parents to look beneath the behavior issues.  Something else is going on… something you might know nothing about.

Do your parents know everything that happened in your life during your teen years?  Probably not.  Then, what makes you think you know everything that’s happening in your child’s life?

Stop and ask the hard questions.  Dig deeper in your teen’s life and experience… to understand what’s really going on.

 

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