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If you’re parenting a tween or teen, chances are you’ve experienced it:

The eye roll.
The sarcastic comment.
The “whatever.”
The door slam.

Teen attitude problems can feel constant—and deeply personal.

You might find yourself thinking:

• “Why is my teen so disrespectful?”
• “Where did this attitu...

If communication with your tween or teen has started to feel tense, reactive, or shut down, you are not alone. Many parents reach this stage and suddenly feel like the old ways of talking no longer work. Conversations become shorter. Reactions become bigger. Arguments repeat themselves. And it can l...

Finding out your tween or teen is vaping can feel like the floor drops out from under you. You discover a vape, a cartridge, or a hidden stash—and suddenly you’re flooded with fear, anger, and a thousand questions.

If you’re a solo parent, this moment can feel even heavier. There’s no co-parent to ...

If your tweener or teen seems more irritable, withdrawn, stressed, or explosive in March, you are not imagining it.

After 25 years working as a clinical social worker with high-risk adolescents and their families, I have seen one pattern repeat year after year:

March is often the highest-stress mo...

Parenting tweens and teens comes with moments that can take your breath away—both in awe and in fear. For single parents especially, finding out your child is vaping marijuana, drinking, or experimenting with substances can feel like a crisis. But it doesn’t have to be the end of trust. In fact, it ...

Why Parenting Tweens and Teens Feels Harder When You’re Solo

Parenting tweens and teens is never easy. Their brains are rewiring, they’re pushing boundaries, and they’re testing independence at every turn. But for single parents raising teens, the struggles often feel magnified.

As a single parent...

If you’re a single parent, chances are you’ve had at least one battle about screen time this week. Maybe your tween refuses to put down the phone at dinner. Maybe your teen insists that “everyone else” gets unlimited gaming. Or maybe you’ve noticed how hard it’s become to have family time without de...

If you're a single parent, chances are you've had your fair share of eye rolls, shrugged shoulders, or slammed doors. Maybe your teen seems totally unmotivated, constantly talks back, or avoids conversations altogether.

It’s easy to label it “attitude” or disrespect.

But what if those frustrating ...