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203. How to Reconnect With Your Teen Without Forcing Conversation
Do you feel like your once-close relationship with your teen is slipping away — and no matter what you try, the distance just grows?
You’re not alone. Especially for single parents of tweens and teens, the shift from...
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202. Screen Time and Teen Anxiety: What Parents Need to Know
How much screen time is too much for your tween or teen? It’s one of the biggest questions single parents are asking right now.
With schoolwork, social life, and endless scrolling, it can feel impossible to know...
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201. Parenting Tweens and Teens: How to Build Trust and Reduce Conflict
What can parents learn from a hostage negotiator about raising confident teens? A lot more than you might think.
In this powerful follow-up conversation, host Tess Connolly, LCSW, talks with Karleen Savage — a TEDx...
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200. Screen Time Limits for Kids: Why They Don’t Work Alone
Are you constantly wondering if your tween is ready for social media—or worried about how much screen time is too much?
If you’re a single parent trying to navigate your tween’s digital world, this episode breaks down...
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199. Parenting a Child With ADHD: Practical Strategies That Help
Are you a single parent trying to figure out whether your child’s struggles with focus, emotions, or school might be ADHD — and how to truly help them thrive?
In this insightful episode, host Tess Connolly, LCSW, sits...
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198. How to Set Boundaries With Tweens and Teens
Do you ever feel like setting boundaries with your teen just leads to endless conflict—or worse, silence?
Parenting teens is tough because adolescence brings rapid changes in emotions, thinking, and independence. Many...
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197. Tween Mood Swings and Screen Time: What Parents Should Know
Is your middle schooler’s mood swings, tech obsession, or growing independence leaving you unsure how to parent them?
The middle school years bring huge developmental changes—emotionally, socially, and cognitively....
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196. Tween Friendships: Why They Change and How Parents Can Help
Is your tween suddenly struggling with friendships—being left out, confused by shifting dynamics, or dealing with drama you don’t know how to fix? As a single parent, it can feel overwhelming to know how much to step...
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195. How to Stop Arguing With Your Tween or Teen
Tired of daily battles with your tween or teen over screen time, chores, or attitude? Wondering why every conversation feels like a war zone?
If you're a single parent caught in an endless loop of reactive parenting,...
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194. 3 Ways to Reset Screen Time With Tweens and Teens
Feeling like back-to-school season has turned your home into a battlefield of screen time fights, homework resistance, and chaotic routines?
If you're a single parent wondering how to recover from a summer full of...
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193. Teen Refuses to Hand Over Their Phone? What Parents Can Do
As a single parent, one of the most stressful moments you can face is when your tween or teen flat-out refuses to give up their phone. Whether it’s bedtime, homework time, or a consequence you need to enforce—what do...
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192. Teen Vaping or Drinking: What Parents Should Do First
Finding out your Tween or Teen is vaping marijuana, drinking or experimenting with substances can feel like a crisis. But what if this moment could bring you closer together.
In this episode of The Single Parent Reset...
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