On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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Are you mad at me for reminding you about summer so early?   Ahh, summer.  For my family, this means waiting thirty minutes after hot dogs to do any sort of activity, desperately searching for quarters under the car seats when we finally find parking at the beach, and forcibly taking sunscreen baths by dad-the-sun-police.  Since [...]

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In Part I you found out about you and your family’s trigger zones.
In Part II you mapped out trigger zones and how to stop negative cycles. Now it is time to implement those habit stoppers.
In Part II I asked you to start with one ‘touchy’ area for your family and write down all of [...]

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“Identifying Traps and Triggers”
I am often asked to speak to parents about “How to Communicate With Your Teens,” and to teens about “How to Get Your Way With Your Parents.” Essentially the same topic, but appealing to different needs. Parents, obviously, want to connect with their teens, understand them and build a life-lasting [...]

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Hello Everyone
I hope you are having a wonderful day, and for those who are not celebrating, I wanted to include this great article “5 Things To Do If Your Are Not Celebrating Christmas”
Start thinking about the New Year I will be posting a three part family plan in the coming days and weeks!
Dream big, work [...]

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