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Families With Teenagers, Keep Calm and Stay Connected
Families with teenagers have joys and challenges that are different from families with littles. Just when you think youโve got this parenting thing downโฆthings can change again. But why do the teenage years get such a bad rap? There areโฆ

Teaching Truthfulness: 4 Loving Actions To Help the Child Who Lies
How to respond wisely when your child is lying
How To Guide Your Child To Love Honesty | Ep. 131
Thereโs nothing like your child telling a blatant lie to trigger a strong reaction in you. You may want to focus your energy on shutting down the deception, but what if you responded with curiosity instead? Or maybe your childโฆ
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Want To Know Your Child’s Strengths?
Find Clues in 12 Common Misbehaviors
Is Your Child’s Misbehavior Actually a Gift? | Ep. 128
What if underneath your childโs misbehavior was a good gift? Sound too good to be true? Itโs not! Connected Families teaches this idea as a “Gift Gone Awry.” This gift may not always come out in a helpful way, butโฆ
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5 Powerful Ways to Connect with a Teen Who Lies
Lying is particularly hard on parents, because it feels like a betrayal. Moreover, it can be really confusing! If you know a teen who lies regularly, you may not know what to believe anymore, even when they are telling theโฆ
My Child Doesn’t Care About Consequences
When your child shows no remorse, try this instead.
โYikes! My Kid Is Looking at Porn!โ | Episode 67
โMy kid is looking at porn! What should I do?โ Have you experienced this? Or maybe you are concerned about how to prepare your child for future encounters with something inappropriate. Pornography is highly accessible in todayโs culture. Marketers seemโฆ
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“Empathy is hard work, but is powerful in its impact.”
We are checking in with families who have been utilizing the Connected Families Framework in their homes. What do these families look like 5, 10, or even 15 years later? Today, we meet Cody and Erica Schimelpfenig and see howโฆ
My Child Lies to Me | Ep. 7
Your child has just told you something you are pretty sure is not truthful. What should you do? Do you call them out on it? Should there a serious consequence? In todayโs podcast episode Stacy Bellward and Jim Jackson interviewโฆ
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