From Parent Camp Newsletter 6-19-24 This might just be the #1 issue most parents have with their teens and tweens. And it can really wear you down. The question is how to address it so you don’t make things worse, start an argument, or build disconnection between you. I recently addressed this issue with a member …
From the Parent Camp Newsletter 6-12-24 We all struggle from time to time with something. My 23-year-old son called me Monday in the middle of the worst panic attack he’s had in years. It took a couple of hours for him to calm down. His anxiety has been largely under control since he was around …
From Parent Camp Newsletter 6-5-24 If you’ve made it all the way through Section 4 then you should have a good grip on the what, when and how of consequences. But I want to reiterate a couple of things just in case. This week there was a Facebook post in the group that garnered a …
From Parent Camp Newsletter 5-29-24 Something I don’t feel I’ve talked enough about is “rupture and repair”. Rupture in the relationship with our kids happens when we want one thing, and they want another – a situation where our parental authority clashes with their need for autonomy. A more toxic type of rupture occurs when …
From Parent Camp Newsletter 5-22-24 I’m working with a nutritional therapy practitioner (Shout out to Jennifer in Parent Camp!) and I had to fill out a million-page questionnaire for her this week (well, almost a million). When I got to the question, “Do you meditate daily?” I was so excited that I could answer “Yes, I …
From Parent Camp Newsletter 5-15-24 I’m currently working on revamping Section 2 and just yesterday worked on a new lesson about confirmation bias that I’d like to share a little of today. Section 2, if you recall, is all about your thoughts, emotions, and behavior. And cognitive biases and distortions, that happen without us even realizing …
From Parent Camp Newsletter 5-8-24 Have you heard me say that I actually nailed my son’s bedroom window shut (for just a few hours) when he was sneaking out. Yeah, not one of my proudest parenting moments. I talk about rules, discipline and consequences in Section 4 of The Field Guide. And the main thing …
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From Parent Camp Newsletter 5-1-24 When my son was little, I kept a daily journal and chronicled everything that happened every single day. But I did strategically omit one rather traumatic event; the time when he was just over a year old and I accidentally gave him a double dose of Syrup of Ipecac. I thought he’d …
From Parent Camp Newsletter 4-24-24 Not too long ago I asked my son something like “what would you recommend parents do to help their teenagers get out of a bad period in their life (or put them on a new path…or something like that).” And I was actually really excited about his answer. He said parents should …
From Parent Camp Newsletter 4-17-24 Although the years we spend actively parenting our kids under our roof, is but a blip on the screen of our existence, it’s certainly the most emotional, the most challenging, and likely the most rewarding (once you’re able to look back!) But it is so very easy to lose ourselves …
