My guest today is Dr. Catherine Pearlman. Dr. Pearlman is the author of Ignore It!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction. She's also the founder of The Family Coach, a private practice specializing in helping families resolve everyday problems related to discipline, sleep, sibling rivalry, and other issues. I learned of Catherine when she wrote an article called It Doesn't Matter to Me Where My Kids Go To College. She is the proud parent of a son and a daughter and her syndicated Dear Family Coach column has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and many magazines. She has appeared on The Today Show and her advice has been featured in Parenting, Men's Health, CNN, and The Huffington Post. Dr. Pearlman is a licensed clinical social worker who's been working with children and families for more than twenty years. During our conversation, Dr. Pearlman gives lots of great advice for parents to help prepare teens for life after high school. Some of the things we talk about include teaching consequences rather than nagging, how to let go and allow space when your teens aren't engaging, the important shift in parenting that must happen between the elementary and middle school years, and how we should be promoting adulting in every way possible.

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