Parenting Teens is Like Herding Cats

April 29, 2011

You direct them one way, they go the other. You call them, they run away. You shoo them toward the food or away from the door. They refuse the food and get caught as the door closes. When you really would love to have a cat in your lap to pet, you will never find […]

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Talking Buttons

April 5, 2011

“My Mother pushes all my buttons. But then, she installed them all.” Every time we hear this saying we chuckle with that sense of truth, remembering when one of our parents said something that got us to react. As adults we cringe when we react to a parental statement the same way we did when […]

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Welcome to Parent Talk!

March 25, 2011

We are very excited about Parent Talk.  This is a site for parents to learn skills that can improve their relationships with their children.  Here’s what we will offer as the site grows: Articles about issues important to you as parents. Links to resources to help you. Discussions through our comments and categories about topics […]

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