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The mistake that Sharon and I both made is we never set any boundaries.  (Ozzy Osbourne)

"Cutting" is a visible sign to the world that you are hurting.

You cannot reason with someone who is being unreasonable.

The teenage years require a delicate balance between the young person's need to gain independence, and the parent's need to retain authority.

Removing a child from a traumatic environment does not remove the trauma from the child's memory.

We should not medicate the boys so they fit the school; we should change the school to fit the boy. (Leonard Sax, M.D. Ph.D)

When a child is disregulated - is the time parents need to be regulated.

The best inheritance  parents can give their children is a few minutes of their time each day.

It's more effective to reward your child for being "good" (appropriate) than to punish him for being "bad" (inappropriate).

The challenge of adolescence is to balance the right of the parents to feel they are in charge with the need of the adolescent to gain independence.

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Upcoming Workshop – “A Parent’s Guide to the Teenage Brain”

 

 

 

 

I will be presenting a 3 hour workshop entitled “A Parent’s Guide to the Teenage Brain” at the Woodstock campus of Fanshawe College on Oct 21, 2013 (6:30-9:30)

“A teenager’s brain is not just an adult brain with fewer kilometres on it. It is a brain that has not fully developed. It is a work in progress and has confused parents for  centuries. Modern science is now explaining biological reasons :

  • why teens can seem so mature one minute and so maddening the next
  •  why some struggle and some bloom
  •  why some engage in risky behaviour
  •  why they can’t get out of bed before noon on Saturday
  •  why some slam doors

Science is tiptoeing on the edge of understanding the teenage brain and the science is changing fast. Understanding the teen brain can lead to smoother relationships between parents and their kids.

cost $42.50

Register: by phone  – (519) 421-0144

by fax  – (519) 539-3870

online   – www.fanshawec.ca/ce    (course code PSYC-9092)

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+ A Parent’s Guide to the Teenage Brain

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+ A Guided Tour of ADHD (now available online)

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