Mar 29, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
When girls enter high school they face more pressure than just the weight of their backpacks. They face hours of demanding homework, higher expectations at home and school, as well as a more complicated social schedule. While each girl enters adolescence with her own... 
Mar 26, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
It can be difficult to avoid escalation when enforcing rules or parenting teens. Not only are teens at times defensive when having behaviors corrected, but many parents experience an emotional response that can make it difficult to maintain a neutral demeanor. These... 
Feb 23, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
Since I specialize in working with adolescents it is common scenario for a parent to drag their reluctant high schooler into my office early on a Saturday morning for an intake. What the parent wants is often to the effect of: “How can you get my kid to care... 
Jan 28, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
Two Things To Know And One Thing To Do To Start The School Year Off Right With the new school year starting for most students over the next couple of weeks, both parents and adolescents will undergo predictable stressors that come each fall. Parents begin another... 
Jan 27, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
What is “summer slump” or “summer backslide”? These terms address the regression in skills that students experience when they are enjoying their summer vacations away from their regular course rigor. While regression can be steep (e.g., up to 25% decline in reading... 
