Teens and marijuana: how can parents respond?
You found out your teen is using marijuana. How worried should you be? Understanding more about the issue can make a difference for you...
Parenting the Big Kids
Parenting workshops, parent coaching, and resource support for parents of 10-18 year olds.
lccleary
- Apr 2
- 9 min
Helping Your Lonely Teen
Remember when your 5 year old was lonely and you could usually FIX IT? Maybe you called a friend to set up a playdate, or distracted him...
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lccleary
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
Family meetings with teens: It's not too late to start!
It’s Not Too Late To Start Having Family Meetings When my kids were young, we had weekly family meetings. We’re not a highly structured...
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lccleary
- Mar 25, 2020
- 5 min
Tapping Seems Weird, but It Might Help Your Teen With Anxiety
Tapping, also known as the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), may seem strange. How can tapping on your head, your eyebrows, or your...
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lccleary
- Mar 6, 2020
- 11 min
When Your Teen Hates High School.
When Your Teen Hates High School Your 16 year old son tells you he hates school. If you hear this repeatedly, pay attention. Get curious....
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lccleary
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
Does Your Teen Hear the Message of Love?
Teenagers can be so endearing, can't they? I’m not being sarcastic. Despite having high levels of frustration with him in many areas of...
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lccleary
- Jan 30, 2020
- 7 min
Dear Teen: You are more than your achievements
There’s a storyline on the Netflix show, Sex Education, about a star high school swimmer, Jackson, who desperately wants to quit swimming...
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lccleary
- Jan 30, 2020
- 4 min
Is Your Teen Rejecting Your Values? It’s Normal
When your child is young, you teach them right and wrong in very basic ways. “No hitting” “Clean up after yourself” “In our family, we...
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lccleary
- Jan 18, 2020
- 2 min
Ten Things to Say When Your Teen Leaves You Speechless
You want to just naturally say the right thing to your teen in those moments when something unexpected happens: When you’re surprised,...
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lccleary
- Oct 8, 2019
- 4 min
How to Get Your Teen to Do What You Want Them to Do
How to Get Your Teen to Do What You Want Them to Do It’s a trick title. The cold hard truth is that you cannot MAKE your teen do...
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lccleary
- Apr 14, 2019
- 3 min
Why Do Our Teens Always Have to Do Their Best?
I have said it to my teen and you have said it to your teen: “Just do your best.” “You do not need to be perfect”, we say, “just as long...
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lccleary
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
Welcome to Parenting the Big Kids
I've moved over here from my Laura Cleary Parent Coach blog, to reflect my broader focus of parent education through community workshops...
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