I work with adolescent girls who are dealing with girl drama or friendship issues, and loneliness is a prevailing feeling. You might assume that only girls without friends are lonely. Oddly, some of the girls that have a large circle of friends are the loneliest.
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ARE YOU SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE? Like many parents, you might be worried that you are losing your connection to your teen. You try to connect in a variety of ways, and it seems to fall flat. You take them for Boba. Try to give them a hug. Ask to play a board game. Nothing changes.
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Gone are the days when we could protect our children from the atrocities of the world. With the 24/7 news cycle via Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and even the old ancient TV, our teens are seeing and hearing all about the gun violence that has swept American schools. Most schools now practice lock downs right
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Acting isn’t all Hollywood glamour. It can be really tough dealing with the auditions, the long hours, the demands. There’s a lot to learn from being in the world of acting. Diya joins us to talk about what she’s learned from acting and the opportunities for growth it has given her. LISTEN HERE
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My Teens Got Attitude: How Do I Respond? Even the best of teens will go off the deep end from time to time. You can chalk it up to stress, chemicals, brain development, being overwhelmed, or all of the above. During my presentations about COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR TEEN, I’m always asked, “But what do I
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You wake up in the morning and the rain is pouring down outside. Your eyes are heavy and you really don’t want to get out of bed. You whisper under your breath “I can’t get out of bed“. All of a sudden, your hovering fairy appears by your bedside. She throws back the covers, puts
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HOPELESS TO HOPEFUL Abandoned lunch boxes sat in lockers for weeks growing all sorts of colorful new lifeforms. Stinky PE clothes festered in the locker rooms. Overdue library books racked up the fines. And students wondered when they would roam the crowded halls of their school and see the inside of their classroom again.The world
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RESILIENCE: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. You’ve no doubt heard this term resilience a lot in the media and in parent education books. Everywhere you read about parenting you hear about resilience and that your kids needs to build it up. But how do you do that? It’s not easy, but it
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BLORFT: completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum -Tiny Fey, Bossypants When my daughter was in 7th grade, she worked for 3 days coloring and coding a map for history. A friend asked her to borrow it so she could copy it.
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WHEN YOU ARE INTENSELY CONNECTED EMOTIONALLY, YOUR DAUGHTER’S EMOTIONS ARE STIFLED. To breathe, she must push you away. To spread her wings, she must push you away. To grow, she must push you away. SHE NEEDS SPACE TO DEVELOP AND GROW. Imagine a caterpillar that is snuggled and warm in her cocoon. She’s gathering her
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