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Ten Things Which Parents Can Do to Encourage Social Skills in Their Teens at Home

By | 2017-06-23T10:23:19-05:00 March 24th, 2017|Communication|

Is your child shy? Do they feel awkward in social situations? Here are 10 ways you as a parent can help them develop social skills.

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The Six Things that Teens Need Most from Their Parents

By | 2017-06-23T10:25:28-05:00 March 10th, 2017|Communication|

Teens and young adults want to have their own identities and show their parents that they can make it on their own. However, their desire to be independent doesn’t mean that they don’t need their parents.

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Five Tips on What to Do When Your Child Talks Back

By | 2017-06-23T10:28:22-05:00 March 6th, 2017|Communication|

What should you do when your child talks back? You definitely do not want this behavior to continue and become a habit or escalate! Talking back can cause parent-child communication to deteriorate rapidly.

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What Are Our Children Learning from Our Political Arguments?

By | 2017-04-25T19:51:54-05:00 February 24th, 2017|Parenting|

Our children’s eyes and ears are picking up on everything you do and say. What are you teaching your children about tolerance when you put down people who don’t hold the same political views as you.

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3 foolproof tips you can use to get your teen to put down their phone and talk to you

By | 2017-06-23T10:29:27-05:00 February 14th, 2017|Communication|

I outline a few great questions to get the conversations rolling as well as offering you my simple conversation cheat sheet for you to download.

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Sex, Lies, and Videotapes! How to Explain This Presidential Campaign to Your Kids!

By | 2017-02-17T19:10:20-05:00 October 16th, 2016|Parenting|

We want our kids to be aware of what is going on in the country but what if what is going is very ugly. How can we use this situation as a “teachable moment”?

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Are you using the Hurricane As a Teachable Moment for Your Children?

By | 2017-09-06T21:33:52-05:00 October 11th, 2016|Communication|

Are You Using the Hurricane As a Teachable Moment for Your Children? by Kathleen A. Matchunis, B.A., M.S., Certified Professional Coach Well, here we go again!  A hurricane is coming towards us and there is so much to do.  When these events happen, did it ever occur to you to use hurricane preparation as a [...]

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