Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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Sometimes I just needed my parents to be there without reminding me that they were there.  We really, really, really hate asking you for help and advice—and sometimes even hate when you give it.  But, for the most part we do want you there and need you.
When your teen is upset in the car after [...]

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While working with parents and kids, I have learned quite quickly that most dreams that parents have for their kids are not so wild, in fact they really all boil down to one concept:
Happiness before success.
Most of us, including myself, believe that if you are happy that is success.   I wanted to put together a [...]

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Too many blogs too little time.
Limitless friending, social networks and forum.
40 newsletters.
These were a few of my alternate titles for this post.  Information overload seems to be the name of the game for so many of my clients and readers and I wanted to write a post for everyone, but especially for parents to teach [...]

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I work with teens and families all the time on changing habits, making new goals and changing their lives.  I often use these stages of self-awareness and understanding to help my clients understand their actions.  I thought I should write them out for you to use in your own life.

After reading these stages, I challenge [...]

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