by janetedgette | Jun 8, 2024 | "Typical" Teen Behavior, Bullying, Parent-Child communication, Parent-Teen communication, Parenting, Parenting teens, Sibling rivalry, Teen behavior
By holding our kids to a higher standard of treating one another, we can put an end to so much of the bullying and unkindness that gets passed off as “typical sibling rivalry” Over the years a lot of bad teen behavior has, unfortunately, become normalized as... 
by janetedgette | May 15, 2024 | Counseling adolescents, Counseling teens, Doing therapy with teenagers, Teen behavior, Teenagers
Today’s teenagers are looking for therapists who can help them out of the innumerable rabbit holes cluttering the landscape of adolescence and young adulthood. It can’t be a lecture about social media or the dangers of smoking weed. It can’t be a verbal version... by janetedgette | May 6, 2024 | "Typical" Teen Behavior, Family life, Mental health, Parent-Teen communication, Parenting, Parenting teens, Teen behavior, Teenagers
Never has the adage “I was a teenager once too, you know” been more tone deaf to the experience of being a teenager than it is today. So much has changed in the past decade-plus, in ways that have altered the DNA of how kids communicate with one another, entertain and... 
by janetedgette | Feb 12, 2024 | "Typical" Teen Behavior, Counseling adolescents, Counseling teens, Doing therapy with teenagers, Family life, Mental health, Parent-Teen communication, Parenting, Parenting teens, Teen behavior, Teenagers
Recent advances in brain research have confirmed for us that there are qualitative differences between the brain of an adolescent and that of an adult, impacting the way adolescents remember, think, reason, focus attention, make decisions, and relate. Dan Siegel,...