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Podcast Episode 68: What You Need to Know About Your Teen and How To Handle Family Crisis
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Podcast Episode 68: What You Need to Know About Your Teen and How To Handle Family Crisis

Life with a teen can feel like an endless series of battles. We are constantly asking ourselves:
Is this normal? Should I be worried? What should I do? How do I connect with my teen?
Dr. Bravo shares with us 3 things that parents can do right now to foster a harmonious relationship when navigating these teen years with our kids.

Podcast Episode 65: 5 Things We’ve Learned Over the Past Year
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Podcast Episode 65: 5 Things We’ve Learned Over the Past Year

These past 12 months have tested us so many of us in so many ways, we lost count at #5,627. However, through all the ups and downs we have learned a lot this past year. A lot about the rules in our houses, how our kids get along (or don’t), what we really need for ourselves outside of our families, and life hacks Brie was fighting out of pure stubbornness!

Podcast Episode 64: How to Normalize the Conversation and Talk to Your Kids About Disabilities
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Podcast Episode 64: How to Normalize the Conversation and Talk to Your Kids About Disabilities

We teach our kids how to be nice to others and what it means to be a good friend, but we rarely spend as much time teaching our kids how to talk to others with disabilities. Now is the time to normalize the conversation about disabilities.

Podcast Episode 63: Mistakes Every Parent Makes When Disciplining Their Kids (and how to avoid them)
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Podcast Episode 63: Mistakes Every Parent Makes When Disciplining Their Kids (and how to avoid them)

You’ve tried everything and nothing is working with the misbehaviors! Why won’t they listen? Why isn’t it working? We hate to tell you this, but you’re probably sabotaging things.
Here are the 3 biggest mistakes parents make that are sabotaging their discipline at home, how you can stop doing them, and what to do instead to fix it.

Podcast Episode 62: Money Secrets About College You Might Not Know, but Definitely Should
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Podcast Episode 62: Money Secrets About College You Might Not Know, but Definitely Should

Ron Liber shares with us some tips to help squash that guilt tied to whether or not we can pay for college while acknowledging the roles that fear, guilt, and elitism play in the current higher education environment and how those things affect our thoughts and actions as parents.

Podcast Episode 61: How Logical Consequences are More Effective Than Punishments at Home
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Podcast Episode 61: How Logical Consequences are More Effective Than Punishments at Home

Too often, we fall into the trap of punishing our kids in the heat of the moment after something’s happened. But that hardly ever works. Here, we’ll discuss the difference between logical consequences and punishments, as well as how to make effective logical consequences that will have a positive impact on your discipline at home.

Podcast Episode 60: Guarding Kids Against Addiction
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Podcast Episode 60: Guarding Kids Against Addiction

Addiction is a difficult subject to navigate with your kids. And in families with a significant track record of substance addiction, parents face additional challenges when it comes to educating their children about drugs and alcohol.

Jessica Lahey shares her research and personal stories about addiction, kids, and how we can best guard our kids against addiction.