Surviving (Your Child's) Adolescence

Welcome to the hard half of parenting.

by Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D.

When Parents Disagree About Their Adolescent

By Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. on October 17, 2011 in Surviving (Your Child's) Adolescence

It's easy for parents to get crossways about their adolescent when they perceive teenage conduct or wants in contrasting ways and differ about what the best response should be. Read More

we need to practice those parenting discussions!

Submitted by Janet Wong on December 13, 2011 - 6:07pm.

For me it's really valuable to discuss these parenting issues with a small group of moms. When your best friends have widely divergent views, then it's easier to see that there can be another (or several) valid point(s) of view. Good to find that out before having that same parenting discussion at home!

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Great suggestion

Submitted by Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. on December 13, 2011 - 7:50pm.

That is a really good idea. Test the waters, appreciate the turbulance, before diving in.

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Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D., is a psychologist in Austin, Texas. His most recent books are: The Connected Father, The Future of Your Only Child, and Stop Screaming.

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