All Episodes

#249: Teenager Friendship Drama--Help Without Making It Worse

#248: How To Get Your Teenager To Actually Listen To You

#247: Getting Your Teen To Stop Or Decrease Their Substance Use

#246 Discovered Your Teen Is Using Drugs Or Drinking? What Now?

#245 – Why Teens Use Substances And How To Help Prevent It

What To Do About Your “Lazy And Unmotivated” Teenager (That Actually Works)

#243: Stop Overparenting—You’re Sabotaging Your Teen’s Future

#242: Why Home Drug Testing Your Teen Is A Losing Proposition

#241: How To Connect To Your Teen To Improve Their Behavior

#240 Punishment Creates Teen Rebellion. Do This Instead.

#239: Want Your Teen To Actually Calm Down? Do This. (Fundamentals of Parenting Teens Series ep. 6)

#238: Want to improve your teen’s behavior? Improve yours. (Fundamentals of Parenting Teens Series ep. 5)

#237: Your Teen’s Behavior Isn’t The Problem, It’s Your Approach (Fundamentals of Parenting Teens Series ep. 4)

#236: Why Your Smart Teen Does Risky Things, And How To Help (Fundamentals of Parenting Teens Series ep. 3)

#235: Why your teen’s so angry, anxious, moody, and “mean” (Fundamentals of Parenting Teens Series ep. 2)

#234: The Thing You Need To Know About Your Teen's Behavior (Fundamentals of Parenting Teens Series ep. 1)

#233: 5 Parenting Mistakes That Destroy Connection With Our Teens

#232: Difficult Teen? Transform Them With This Parent Skill

#231: Are Smart Phones and Social Media Really Ruining Teens’ Mental Health (Or Have We Been Here Before)?

#230: How To Reduce Chaos In Your Home To Improve Teen Mental Health

#229: What's Behind Your Teen's School Refusal, And How Do You Get Them There?

#228: Understanding Your Thoughts And Emotions Will Help You Parent Your Teen

#227: Why Is Your Teen Always So Angry and Emotionally Dysregulated?

#226: Is Your Anxiety About Your Teenager’s Behavior Causing Rebellion?

#225: Being Bullied Sucks. What You Can Do When Your Teen Is Bullied At School

#224: Trying to Make Sure Your Teen Never Messes Up, Is Setting Them Up For Failure

#223: Your Thoughts And Emotions Impact Your Teen’s Behavior More Than You Know

#222: Is Your Teen or Tween Constantly Lying To You? Here’s How To Manage It.

#221: How You Can Manage Your Teen's Snarky, Rude, Disrespectful Attitude (Without Losing It)

#220: Your Teen or Tween Isn’t Broken: Demystifying Typical Teen Behavior

#219: ADHD and Teens: Lesser Known Symptoms Parents Should Understand

#218 How To Get Your Teen To Listen And Do What You Need Them To Do

#217: Strategies And Tools Parents Can Use To Help Their Anxious Teens (Third Episode—Teen Anxiety Series)

#216: Obtaining A Proper Diagnosis And The Best Treatment For Teen Anxiety Symptoms (Second Episode—Teen Anxiety Series)

#215: How Anxiety Develops And What It Looks Like In Teens and Tweens (First Episode—Teen Anxiety Series)

#214: 3 Ways To Win Your Teenager’s Trust And Maintain Influence In Their Life

#213: How To Help Your Teen or Tween With Friendship Issues Without Stepping Over the Line

#212 How Do You Discipline A Teenager When Nothing Seems To Work?

#211: 5 Core Concepts That Will Decrease Arguments With Your Teen And Improve Their Behavior

#210: Want To Avoid Arguments With Your teen? Ditch The Constant Corrections.

#209: Your Teen’s Emotional Dysregulation Could Be Caused By Ultra-Processed Foods

#208: Are All Those Emails From School Harming Your Relationship With Your Teen?

#207: Is Your Idea Of A “Successful Life” Steering Your Teen Away From Theirs?

#206: Does Your Teen or Tween Really Need Residential Treatment, Wilderness, etc.?

#205: A Mom’s Struggle With Her Teen = Support For Other Parents Like You (with Casie Fariello)

#204: The Pervasive Impact Of Emotional Dysregulation For Teens With ADHD

#203: Your Teen’s Behavior Isn’t Your Fault, But You Play A Role And Have Control

#202: Parenting Mistakes That Cause Conflict and Behavior Issues With Your Teen

#201: Decrease Conflict With Your Teen While Improving Your Relationship And Their Behavior

#200: The More You Punish Your Teen, The Worse Their Behavior Will Become

#199: How To Change Your Teen’s Behavior When Nothing Else Has Worked

#198: Why Doesn’t Your Teen Confide In You (When You’ve Told Them They Can)?

#197: When You and Your Spouse Can’t Agree About How To Parent Your Teen

#196: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens' Behavior Much Worse-Part 4

#195: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens' Behavior Much Worse-Part 3

#194: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens' Behavior Much Worse-Part 2

#193: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens' Behavior Much Worse-Part 1

#192: Does Your Innocent Teasing Feel Like Bullying To Your Teen or Tween?

#191: What You Should Know About Parental Controls, Screentime, And Teens

#190: Are You Worried About Your Teen’s Angry, Rude, Entitled, Disrespectful Behavior?

A Holiday Message From Ann

#189: Is It Super Difficult To Parent Your Teen? Your Mindsets Could Be The Key

#188: Teens, Tweens, Missing Assignments And That Dang Parent Portal!

#187: Manage Expectations To De-Stress The Holidays With Teens And Tweens

#186: Understanding And Supporting Your “Troubled Teen” To Help Them Thrive

#185: A Mom’s Struggle With Emotional Dysregulation Over Her Teen’s Distress (How to Manage Our Own Big Emotions)

#184: Positive Reinforcement, Negative Consequences, And Teen Substance Use

#183: How To Motivate Your Teen To Change Their Relationship With Substances

#182: “Gas Station Weed”, Delta-8, THCA-Your Teen Can Get High Legally

#181: Does Your Teen Have A Substance Use Disorder, And If So, What To Do

#180: An Update On Opioids, Fentanyl, And Teens and Tweens In The U.S.

#179: Your Teen Is Hanging Out With A Crowd Who Uses Substances? Now What?

#178 What To Do When You Find Out Your Teen’s Using Drugs Or Drinking

#177: Monitoring and Watching Out For Signs Of Substance Use With Your Teens

#176: Do You Know The Risk Factors For Teen Substance Use or Substance Disorder?

#175: What Parents Need To Know About Why Teens Use Substances (plus, ways to prevent substance use)

#174: Does Your Teen or Tween Need a Mental Health Day Off From School?

#173: Communicating With Teens and Tweens About Their Friendship Struggles

#172: Emotional Wounds May Be Keeping You From Being The Parent You Want To Be (with Stacey Uhrig)

#171: Teens, Devices, Beds, and Sleep. Plus, Vaping Stats for U.S. Teens Looking Up

#170: All The Stuff Your Teenager Would Tell You (If They Knew You'd Listen)

#169: How To Help Your Teen Succeed After Residential Treatment or Wilderness (with Colin MacDonald)

#168: From Troubled Teen To Coach For Teens and Young People Post-Treatment (with Colin MacDonald)

#167: Amazing Things Can Happen When You Stop Telling Your Teen What To Do

#166: Are You Parenting A “Non-Typical Teenager”? Basic Rules Still Apply

#165: What To Do If Your Teen’s Behavior Is Out Of Control And You’re Lost

#164: Making Time For Change: Carving Out Space For Teen Parenting Success

#163: Having Issues Parenting Your Teen? Listen To What This Mom Learned

#162: I’ve Waded Through The Science Of Parenting Teens So You Don’t Have To

#161: Do You And Your Spouse Agree On How To Parent Your Teen?

#160: I’m Begging You To Stop Putting So Much Emphasis on School And Grades

#159: Changing How You Parent Your Teenager May Be Hard, But It’s 100% Worth It

#158: If You Want Your Teenager To "Straighten Up", You'd Better Do The Same.

#157: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens’ Behavior Much Worse-Part 4

#156: What’s The Difference Between You and Your Teen When Expressing Anger?

#155: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens’ Behavior Much Worse-Part 3

#154: A Mom's Question About A Teenage Son's Out-of-Control Emotions

#153: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens’ Behavior Much Worse-Part 2

#152: Developing Empathy For Your Teenager Is Key In Decreasing Conflict

#151: Things Parents Do That Make Their Teens’ Behavior Much Worse-Part 1

#150: Do You Have A Self-Centered, Mouthy, Defiant, Entitled Teen or Tween?

#149: Parenting Teenagers With ADHD – Lesser-Known Symptoms You Should Know

#148: How Not To Discipline A Teenager (Bedrooms, Devices And Drama)

#147: Teens and Tweens, Friendships, Popularity, Mean Girls (And Boys)

#146: Why We Clam Up About Struggles With Our Teen’s Behavior and Mental Health

#145: How To Obtain Accommodations For ADHD And Other Issues In College And Other Programs (with Dan Jordan)

#144: What Parents Need To Understand About Screentime, Tweens and Teens (with Emily Cherkin)

#143: What To Do When You Don’t Like Your Teenager’s Boyfriend or Girlfriend

#142: Why Your Teenager Doesn’t Want to Talk To You About Their Mental Health (with Dr. Kamla Modi of The Jed Foundation [JED])

#141: Your Teenager, Substance Use, And Trauma, Including Adoption Trauma (with Beth Syverson)

#140: What Teens And Tweens Really Wish Their Parents Understood

#139: Teenagers, Alcohol, Permissiveness, Parties. What Parents Need To Know

#138: The Truth About Why Your Teen Is Lying To You, And What To Do About It

#137: The Foundational Series Day 8 – Connection Is The Final Piece Of The Puzzle

# 136: The Foundational Series Day 7 – Disciplining Teens Is Not About Punishment

#135: The Foundational Series Day 6 – Coaching Your Teen Through Their Emotions

#134: The Foundational Series Day 5 – Your Emotions And Your Parenting

#133: The Foundational Series Day 4 - Your Control Versus Your Teen's Control

#132: The Foundational Series Day 3 - Why Your Teen Does Such Risky Things

#131: The Foundation Series Day 2 - Your Teen's Emotional Behavior

#130: The Foundation Series Day 1 - Your Teen's Brain Is The Problem

#129: Your Teen Could Be Extorted Or Abused By Online Predators and Criminals

#128: Could Your Teen Become The Subject Of AI Generated Child Pornography?

#127: Are You Emotionally “Stuck” When It Comes To Parenting Your Teen?

#126: “Gas Station Weed”, Delta-8, THCA-Your Teen Can Get High Legally

#125: How Do You Get Your Teens and Tweens To Cooperate With You?

#124: Eye Rolls and Attitude. What to Do and More Importantly, What Not to Do (with Your Zen Friend)

#123: The Nuts and Bolts of Teen Behavior and Parenting Teens For The Best Outcomes (with Dr. Mercedes Oromendia)

A Brief Message From Ann - Life Happens

#122: What To Do When Your Teen Is Using or Abusing Substances (with HopeStream’s Brenda Zane)

#121: Anxiety, Depression, ADHD = Emotional Dysregulation For Your Teen

#120: Your Anxiety About Your Teen’s Behavior Can Make Their Behavior Worse

#119: Step By Step - What To Do When Your Teen or Tween Is Bullied At School

#118: How To Navigate Parenting Teens With An Ex, Your Spouse, Or Partner (Coparenting with Aurisha Smolarski)

#117: Are You Struggling with A Teen Who Gives You Attitude and Disrespect?

#116: Getting Help From The School When Your Teen or Tween Refuses To Go (with Cynthia Coufal)

#115: How Controlling, Managing, and Rescuing Your Teen, Sets Them Up For Failure

#114: How To Help Your Teen Avoid Vaping Or Quit If They've Already Started

#113: Why Can Teens Still Get Their Hands On Dessert-Flavored Vape Products?

#112: Just How Much Should You Snoop, Monitor, And Track Your Teen

#111: The Truth About Teenagers And Vaping Related Lung Injury And Illness

#110: How To Deal With Your Teen’s Emotions When You Can’t Deal With Your Own

#109: Your Teen Is Vaping Nicotine or THC - What To Do And What To Avoid Doing (with Daniel Ament)

#108: How To Connect With A Teenager That Will Have Nothing To Do With You

#107: How Do We Move Past Our Own Upbringing To Parent Our Teens “Better?”

#106: WAY More Positive Interactions Than Negative = Connection With Your Teen

#105: Forming A Values-Based Partnership With Your Teens And Tweens (with Lainie Liberti)

#104: Connect With Your Teenagers By Showing An Interest In Their Interests

#103: Want to Change Your Teen’s Behavior? Stop Parenting Like Your Grandma! (with Aly Pain)

#102: Find Calm with Your Teen: Become More Aware Of Your Thoughts and Emotions

#101: Your High Schooler Needs Some Self-Discovery Before Those College Visits

#100: Want Your Teenager To Straighten Up? You'd Better Do The Same.

#99: Little Changes To Make A Big Difference In The Relationship With Your Teen

#98: Balancing Your Teen's Need for Privacy With Your Need To Keep Them Safe

#97: How to Parent Your Teen Well, Without All the Arguing And Power Struggles

#96: Why You Need Mindfulness. Plus, A “Drop of Zen” from Your Zen Friend Podcast

#95: Helping Your Teen Learn To Calm Themselves During Emotional Moments

#94: How To Respond When Your Teen Does Something Wrong

#93: Your Teenager Isn’t Lazy And That Lack of Motivation Isn’t What You Think (with Dr. Adam Price)

#92: Why Won’t Anyone Acknowledge Their Teen’s Less-Than-Stellar Behavior?

#91: Stepping Back So Our Teens Can Learn How To Function In The Real World (with Keri Cooper)

#90: High Potency Cannabis THC Edibles Are Making Unsuspecting Teenagers Sick

#89: How to Stay Connected to Your Teenager And Why It Matters So Much

#88: Just A Few Things You Need To Know About Parenting Teens

#87: Why Is Your Teenager Cutting Or Self-Harming And What Can You Do About It? (with Dr. JJ Kelly)

#86: Teenagers, Guns And School. Which Word Doesn’t Belong?

#85: Can Parents Learn to Let Kids and Teens Have Their Sports Back? (with Linda Flanagan)

#84: Just How Much Should You Snoop, Monitor, And Track Your Teen

#83: Internet Porn, The Impact On Teens And Tweens And What You Can Do (with Amy Lang)

#82: Should I Let My Teenager’s Boyfriend or Girlfriend Sleep Over?

#81: What To Do When Your Teenager’s Behavior Seems Out Of Control (with Aaron Huey)

#80: The Tougher You Are On Your Teen, The Less Likely You’ll See Positive Results

#79: What All Parents Need To Understand About Teen Suicide And Prevention (with AnneMoss Rogers)

#78: One Of The Keys To Staying Calm When Your Teenager Is Anything But

#77: Stop Stressing About Your Teenager’s Homework, Schoolwork and Grades

#76: How To Keep Your Teenager From Sneaking Out And What To Do If They Do

#75: Attachment Parenting With Teens; We’ve Gotten It Wrong For Generations (with Laurie A. Couture)

#74: What To Do When You Don’t Like Your Teenager’s Boyfriend or Girlfriend

#73: A Teenager’s Mental Health Journey That Culminated in a Podcast For Other Teens (With Sadie Sutton of She Persisted)

9-29-23 Bonus: Hey Parent - Prove To Your Teenager That They Can Tell You Anything

#72: Emotional Freedom Technique (aka: EFT Tapping) For You And Your Teen (with Lauren Fonvielle)

9-22-23 Bonus: Rules, Rules, And More Rules

#71: Teens, Tweens and School Avoidance or School Refusal (With Jayne Demsky of The School Avoidance Alliance) Part 2

#70: Teens, Tweens and School Avoidance or School Refusal (With Jayne Demsky of The School Avoidance Alliance)

#69: Middle School (Tween) Friendships And The Added Stress of Smart Phones (with Jessica Speer)

9-8-23 Bonus: Does Your Teen Know That They Matter Beyond Their Academic Success?

#68: Parenting to Avoid Conflict And Behavior Issues With Your Teenager

9-1-23 Bonus: Is Your Teen Entitled, Ungrateful, Self-centered, Disrespectful, and Mouthy?

#67: Would You Know If Your Teenager Was Struggling With Their Sexuality? (With Heather Hester)

8-25-23 Bonus: How To Respond When Your Teen Does Something Wrong

#66: Teen Anxiety – How to Recognize It, Support Them, And Avoid Pitfalls, (With Lauren Wolfe, LPC)

8-18-23 Bonus: What Does Chronological Age Have To Do With Being An "Adult"?

#65: How To Create A Calmer More Cooperative Relationship With Your Teens (With Hunter Clarke-Fields)

8-11-23 Bonus: Punishment And "Tough Love" Will Not Make Your Teen “Behave”

#64: What Parents Struggling With Their Teens Need to Know

8-4-23 Bonus: Everyone Vents From Time To Time (But Teens Just "Vent" Differently)

#63: The Science Behind Why Teenagers Can Often Be Such Major Boneheads

7-28-23 Bonus: A Mom's Desperate Plea For Help Controlling Her Emotions With Her Teen Daughter

#62 Your Teen’s Brain Is A Long Way From Functioning The Way You Think It Should

7-21-23 Bonus: Parenting Teens And Tweens Can Be Really...Uncomfortable!

#61: How to Strike A Balance and Make a Plan for Teens, Screens and Social Media

7-14-23 Bonus: Hip Hop, Sextortion, and Bold Glamour

#60: Is Your Teen Using Substances? How Can You Know and What Should You Do?

7-7-23 Bonus: ADHD Meds, Your Voice, And An Eating Disorder You Might Miss

#59: Helping Your Teenager Discover Their Potential Future Career

6-30-23 Bonus: A Mom's Question About A Teenage Son's Out-of-Control Emotions

#58: Why Teens Are Sleep Deprived, The Ramifications And How To Help

6-23-23 Bonus: Volunteers, Distractions, And An Option

#57: Biggest Parenting Mistakes That Lead To Conflict And Behavior Issues

6-16-23 Bonus: Loneliness, Lack Of Independence, And The Pill

#56: This Story Has Two “Morals”; Teens Don’t Always Turn Out The Way We Think They Might And Our Emotions Can Make An Enormous Impact on Our Body

6-9-23 Bonus: A New App, Climate Change Anxiety, The BORG, And A Florida Man

#55: How To Protect Your Teen’s Mental Health From Social Media

6-2-23 Bonus: Chroming, A Super Drug, and Outlaw Vapes

#54: “Big Social Media”, The Surgeon General And Teen Mental Health

5-26-23 Bonus: Misinformation, Shark Attacks, Uber, and Killer Supplements

#53: How To Best Support Your Teen or Tween Through Their Depression

5-19-23 Bonus: Fentanyl, Sex, and Menopause

#52: How To Reduce Conflict With Your Teen While Strengthening Your Relationship

#51: The Adolescent Depression Crisis – Myths, Truths, Signs, and Symptoms

#50: Your Teen Has A Creepy New Friend On Snapchat: My AI

#49: The Truth About TikTok; Teenagers, Data Privacy and National Security

#48: The Healing Power of Emotional Awareness with Vincent VanOhm

#47: The Sexualization of Teen and Tween Girls. What Parents Of Both Girls and Boys Can Do

#46: Using Motivational Interviewing For A Better Relationship With Your Teen, With Dr. Emily Kline

#45: Your Teenager and Gaming; Is There A Problem? And What If There Is?

#44: Teenagers and Homework Overload. Is All The Stress Really Necessary? A Conversation with Christine Kaplan

#43: What To Do When We Discover Our Teen’s Using Addictive Substances, With Kriya Lendzion

#42: The True Risks Of Teen Substance Use And How You Should Approach It, with Kriya Lendzion

#41: Parenting Teens With ADHD (and without) Through A Different Lens with Dr. Mark Bertin

#40: Andrew Tate. The Cult-Leader-Type Influencer Radicalizing Teens

#39: Why Teens Lie, What Helps, And How To Talk To Them About It

#38: Teaching Teens To Respect Authority Is Dangerous

#37: Teenagers and Eating Disorders; What Are Parents To Do?

#36: Teen Violence; Why It Happens And What We Can Do

#35: The Incredible Power of Self-Compassion in Teens and Tweens with Dr. Karen Bluth

#34: Parenting To Combat Teen and Tween Cyberbullying

#33: Teen Sexting "The Talk" and Potential Legal Implications.

#32: Teens, Sexting, Revenge Porn, and Sextortion (Yikes)

#31: “Minisode” - Cheating Your Way To Being The Parent You Want To Be

#30: How Your Thoughts Have A Huge Impact On Your Teen’s Behavior

A Brief Holiday Reminder About Your Teen

#29: 5 Ways To Assure The Most Accurate Mental Health Diagnosis For Your Teen

A “Thanksgiving” Message

#28: Things Your Teenager Really Wished You Understood

#27: Helping Your Teen Overcome Negative Thinking

A Brief Message From My "Sick Bed"

#26: Maintaining a Deep Emotional Connection with Your Teenager

#25: Part 2 of 2 - Teenagers, “Rape Culture”, Sexual Assault, and Consent

#24: Part 1 of 2 - Teenagers, “Rape Culture”, Sexual Assault, and Consent

#23: Popularity, Friend Groups, and “Mean Girl Behavior”

#22: “Disciplining” Teens Without Rebellion (How To Handle Consequences)

#21: What You Need To Know To Talk To Your Teen About Fentanyl

#20: Teens, Tweens and Allowance: Not What You Think

#19: Your Teen and Anxiety: How to Spot it and How to Help

#18: Your Teen’s “Bill of Rights”: What They Want You To Know

#17: Teen Dating And Emotional Abuse: How To Recognize And Discuss It

#16: Settling Conflict While Supporting Your Teen’s Autonomy

#15: Control, Conflict, And Your Teen’s Autonomy: Balancing Their Push For Autonomy With Your Need For Parental Control, Without All The Conflict

#14: Good Intentions with Poor Outcomes: Overparenting Your Teen

#13: Yes, Your ADHD Teen’s Emotions are “EXTRA”: You Can Help

#12: HOUSE PARTY!!! Parents, Teens, Alcohol, Parties and the Law

#11: Ever Let Your Teen or Tween Drink Alcohol? Let’s Talk.

#10: Our Family’s Story of Discovery and Hope

#9: Is Your Teen’s School Helping or Hurting Their Mental Health?

#8: Your Emotional Skills Directly Affect Your Teen’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: Let’s Talk Emotional Awareness and Regulation

#7: Beyond Weekly Therapy: Options for a Teenager in Crisis

#6: Teaching Teens to Tame Their Emotions

#5: After the Divorce: Minimizing the Impact on Your Teen

#4: Why Your Teen Does Stupid Stuff (Even When They Know Better)

#3: You Can Blame Your Teen’s Irrational Behavior on Their Changing Brain

#2: Is Your Teenager Under Too Much Pressure to Succeed?

#1: Why Trying to Control Your Teen Will Backfire

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