Do you feel as if your teenagers are pushing you away? Are they becoming more independent, private, pushing back, and leaving you out of more things? Do they question your authority and talk to you less and listen less? These are common experiences for parents of adolescents, including Beth Capecchi. This stage of parenting can be very painful and sometimes it feels personal, but research says that this is developmentally normal. Beth shares some personal and professional stories, along with some insightful pointers from Dr. Carl Pickhardt’s article in Psychology Today called “A Detachment Theory of Parenting.” (Pickhardt is also the author of the book “Surviving Your Child’s Adolescence.”

A Detachment Theory of Parenting Adolescents

Surviving Your child's Adolescence

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

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