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Posts by Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette
We have all seen teens who are so disrespectful to their parents it makes our jaws drop. Maybe you’ve been one of those parents.Maybe your teenager has learned that he can verbally harass or physically intimidate you into relinquishing the car keys, abandoning his curfew, or looking the other way when his friends sneak alcohol into the house. Or maybe he has simply worn you out, so that when he says...
7/25/2018 7:00:00 AM
We use “typical teen behavior” to refer to a broad range of things our teens do, much of it unbecoming. Whenever they appear moody, or stop talking to us, or resist our reminders about everything from deadlines to hygiene, our go-to explanation is that "they’re just being typical teens."But are they? Or have we just become so accustomed to thinking about adolescents as defiant and non-communicative...
5/31/2018 7:00:00 AM
Olivia calls her dad a s**t-head every chance she gets, but what she really wants to say to him is this: “Every time you talk to me you’re trying to make some point and it gets old. Plus, you think you’re being funny but it hurts my feelings and that’s why I don’t talk to you, not because I’m a “mopey teenager.” Let’s unpack this conflict, and see how a father and daughter who are genuinely trying...
3/28/2018 7:00:00 AM
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