Surviving (Your Child's) Adolescence

Welcome to the hard half of parenting.

by Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D.

Adolescence and the Development of Habits

By Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. on January 16, 2012 in Surviving (Your Child's) Adolescence

It's a responsibility most adolescents don't consider while in the process of growing up - how they are in charge of creating habits of living that will determine much of how they will probably behave when they step off into independence. Read More

Resist a habit, it seems, and the habit will defend itself.

Submitted by David Weiner on January 16, 2012 - 9:15am.

How very true! I particularly like how you describe Alchoholics Anonymous as one way people can address this problem. wouldn't it be great if college students experiencing what you call "trial independence" had the opportunity to attend a group called "Procrastinators Anonymous"?

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Resist a habit, it seems, and the habit will defend itself.

Submitted by David Weiner on January 16, 2012 - 9:15am.

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Good idea

Submitted by Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. on January 16, 2012 - 10:37am.

Start a group and see who comes. Everything big starts small.

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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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