by Dennis Coates | Oct 18, 2021 | Adolescence, Behavior Change, Parent-child Communication, Parenting, Parenting Books, Programs, Teen Success
A common consequence of parenting an adolescent child: the alienated teen. It’s natural for a growing child to seek more independence. After all, becoming an adult and creating a happy, successful life of their own is the goal. But you want your child to remain...
by Dennis Coates | Nov 1, 2020 | Adolescence, Education, Health & Nutrition, Parent-child Communication, Parenting Blogs, Parenting Books, Programs, Teen Culture, Teen Sex, Teen Success
The human species, like all other species, exists because of its ability to reproduce. During the fertile years, men and women feel the urge to engage in sexual union, which is necessary to produce offspring. When I was much younger, my friends and I would joke about...
by Dennis Coates | Oct 19, 2020 | Behavior Change, Education, Encouragement, Mentoring, Parent-child Communication, Parenting, Parenting Books, Programs, Teen Success
Communicating well is a foundation element of effective parenting. How can you be a parent to your child without communicating? Whenever there are problems between parent and child, ineffective communication is almost always a contributing factor. And yet, when you...
by Dennis Coates | Dec 9, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Education, Programs
When I was a little kid, my mother read child’s books to me. I loved the stories, and I begged her to read them to me over and over. But on my first day of school, I told my mother I wasn’t ready, because I didn’t know all my ABC’s. As she...
by Dennis Coates | Jun 11, 2019 | Adolescent Brain, Behavior Change, Critical Thinking, Education, Health & Nutrition, Parent-child Communication, Parenting Books, Parenting Videos, Programs, Self-Esteem
My book, How Your Teen Can Grow a Smarter Brain, and most of the hundreds of articles on this blog, address how to encourage, support and coach a young person during the adolescent years to wire their prefrontal cortex (PFC) for the thinking skills that they’ll...
by Dennis Coates | Apr 25, 2018 | Behavior Change, Critical Thinking, Education, Encouragement, Personal Strength, Programs, Teen Success
In my first draft of the above title, the word “Underprivileged” appeared before “Kids.” But the game I’m talking about is chess, which can help make any kid smarter, not just at-risk kids or kids from low-income families. That’s...
