A Letter of Apology to Our Teen Sons

Dear Teen Sons, As parents, we owe you our deepest apologies. For decades–no, centuries–we have been focusing on teaching our daughters about …

Why I Love Teens

This week I had the incredible opportunity to meet with 24 16-18 year old teens from nine different countries. They were male …

Life Lessons for Your Teens

There are just so many incredibly wonderful life lessons that we can and must impart to our teens. They may not appreciate …

Ohio Slave Girls

Bravo Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus for reaching out to the world via video. We are all so very happy …

Teen Relationship Words

As a clinical psychologist who works with teens almost every day of the week I have the unique opportunity to be in …

Five Parenting Secrets

Today I’m ready to spill some parenting secrets so please listen up. I will be speaking from my heart and my experience …

Raising Happy Teens

I have given this topic lots of thought over many years and I have some ideas that may speak to you, help …

Teens, Sex & Slam Pieces

Many of you know that in my role as a clinical psychologist I travel quite a bit to talk to teens and …

Are You A Mommy Bully?

I always tell you that I talk to teens almost every day. Well, I also talk to parents almost every day. And, …

Teen Girls & Video Games

Oh dear. Our young tween and teen girls are being targeted again. And this time, it’s a relatively new video game called …