by Dennis Coates | Dec 11, 2015 | Parent-child Communication, Parenting, Parenting Books, Parenting Videos, Strong for Parenting
This guest post comes from Deborah Gilboa, MD (popularly known as Dr. G), an internationally renowned parenting and youth development expert. She is also a family physician and mom of four boys. Dr G., founder of AskDoctorG.com, is the go-to expert on raising and...
by Dennis Coates | Dec 7, 2015 | Adolescence, Parenting
The father lets his son borrow the car. “Be sure to have it back by six. I’ll need it later tonight.” “No problem, Dad.” Six o’clock comes and goes. With no sign of his son, he makes the call. “Where are you? I said I needed...
by Dennis Coates | Dec 7, 2015 | Adolescence, Adolescent Brain, Alcohol, Critical Thinking, Drugs, Rebellion, Self-Esteem, Teen Culture, Teen Sex, Teen Success, Teen Suicide
Most of the 50 million parents of school-aged children in the U.S. are all too aware of the gauntlet of dangers that threaten when a child becomes an adolescent: under-age smoking and drinking; drug abuse and addiction; low self-esteem and peer pressure; self-harm and...
by Dennis Coates | Nov 30, 2015 | Adolescence, Alcohol, Drugs, Parent-child Communication, Parenting, Teen Culture, Teen Suicide
When they’re little you read to them, hoping they’ll learn to love books and reading and learning. Before you know it they’re in school, beginning a learning journey that will teach them about the world. And in half a dozen years, puberty begins the...
by Dennis Coates | Nov 16, 2015 | Adolescence, Critical Thinking, Parent-child Communication, Strong for Parenting
Teenagers know they’re growing up, and they don’t like being treated like little kids. They need the wisdom and guidance of parents and other adults. But they hate lectures, sarcasm, put-downs, screaming, commands, threats, ultimatums, shaming, judging,...
