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Parenting the Big Kids

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Parenting workshops, parent coaching, and resource support for parents of 10-18 year olds.

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    Teens and marijuana: how can parents respond?
    lccleary
    • May 7
    • 13 min

    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...
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    Helping Your Lonely Teen
    lccleary
    • Apr 3
    • 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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    Family meetings with teens: It's not too late to start!
    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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    Tapping Seems Weird, but It Might  Help Your Teen With Anxiety
    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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    When Your Teen Hates High School.
    lccleary
    • Mar 7, 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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Does Your Teen Hear the Message of Love?
    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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    Dear Teen: You are more than your achievements
    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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    Is Your Teen Rejecting Your Values? It’s Normal
    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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    Ten Things to Say When Your Teen Leaves You Speechless
    lccleary
    • Jan 19, 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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    How to Get Your Teen to Do What You Want Them to Do
    lccleary
    • Oct 9, 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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    Why Do Our Teens Always Have to Do Their Best?
    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 20, 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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