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239. Teen Attitude Problems: Why Rudeness Isn’t Always Disrespect
When your teen snaps, rolls their eyes, or talks back—do you feel like you’re one comment away from losing it?
If you’re parenting solo, teen attitude can feel constant and personal—like you’re failing or losing your ...
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238. Teen Mental Health: Why Late Winter Is Hardest for Teens
Does your tweener or teen seem to fall apart every March — more conflict, more screen time, more shutdown, more stress?
If things feel heavier at home right now, you’re not imagining it. March is a predictable stress...
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237. Teen Screen Time Limits: What to Do Before Taking Away the Phone
Does your teen’s phone have more control in your house than you do?
If every attempt to set limits turns into a meltdown… if you feel nervous even mentioning screen time… or if your teen seems constantly exhausted,...
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236. Struggling With Your Teen Right Now? How to Reconnect
Is your teen brushing you off, rolling their eyes, or acting like your words don’t matter anymore? What if the way you speak to them is the secret to reconnecting?
As tweens and teens pull away, many parents stop...
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235. Taking Away Your Teen’s Phone Backfires: What Parents Should Do Instead
Ever feel like taking your teen’s phone away is the only option—but it always ends in another argument?
If you’re a single parent trying to set screen time boundaries without becoming the screen time police, this epis...
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234. When Your Teen Pulls Away: How to Stay Close During the Teen Years
Is your teen pulling away—and every time you try to connect, it only seems to push them further?
If you’re a single parent feeling lost in the silence or fearing the distance means you're failing, this episode will...
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233. Gentle Parenting With Teens: Why Boundaries Still Matter
Do you ever feel stuck between being the "too soft" parent who gets walked all over and the "mean" one who yells and regrets it later?
Many single parents find themselves swinging between two extremes—permissive...
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232. Teen Screen Addiction: When Screen Time Is a Problem (and When It Isn’t)
Are you constantly setting screen time rules—only to be ignored or met with resistance from your tween or teen?
If you're a single parent juggling both connection and control, you're not alone. Parenting tweens and...
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231. Triggered by Your Teen? How Parents Can Stay Calm During Conflict
Ever feel like your teen’s screen time habits, bad attitude, or boundary-pushing behaviors are personally attacking your sanity?
If you’re a single parent raising a tween or teen, you already know how quickly everyday...
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230. Social Media and Teen Behavior: What Parents Need to Know
Are you tired of the constant battles with your teen over screen time—wondering why they just won’t put the phone down?
In this eye-opening episode, Tess Connolly, LCSW, explains how your teen’s addiction to scrolling...
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229. Better Communication With Teens: Why Parents Should Stop Lecturing
Are screen time battles, teen backtalk, or constant conflict leaving you emotionally drained as a single parent?
For parents of tweens and teens, everyday moments like bedtime, homework, and phone limits can quickly...
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228. Struggling With Your Teen Right Now? How to Reconnect
Are you stuck in constant battles over screen time, routines, and emotional blowups with your tween or teen—and wondering why everything feels harder lately?
You're not imagining it. Research shows that high screen...
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