Surviving (Your Child's) Adolescence

Welcome to the hard half of parenting.

Adolescence and Not Fitting into Family

Part of the loneliness that accompanies the entry into adolescence is from fitting less well into family than the young person comfortably did in childhood.

As the push for more freedom begins, more distance and contention and incompatibility troubles the relationship with parents starting the process that will finally lead to social independence in the early to mid-twenties. Read More

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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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