The world where children have access to shows, games, instant messaging, pornography and skype is an intense world to be a parent. This world, the one with reality and virtual reality, is foreign to most parents. Sure, we’ve navigated it ourselves as young adults, learning what it means to create dating profiles, Facebook accounts, […]
Approaching a conversation about pornography with children ages 12 to 17 is challenging for the most solid, trained communicator. It involves initiating a conversation that you can almost count on being awkward. Whether your teen will respond with complete silence or have what might be viewed as a toddler-type melt down (throwing things, slamming doors, […]
Now that we have covered the basics on how to approach difficult conversations with our kids (see previous article A Conversation: 5 Helpful Helpful Hints on How To Have Difficult Conversation With Your Kid) we can start to gain some language around specific topics. Due to developmental differences in processing information I have categories […]
Having difficult conversations does not come easy to most people. The majority of us have to really care for someone to initiate an uncomfortable topic. Often we want to avoid the potential argument, awkward silence and possibility of being seen as incompetent. But, as parents we need to start having conversations we never had with […]
A snap shot of what therapy actually looks like By Alisha Stobbe Therapy tends to conjure up specific images for people. Pop culture often depicts therapy with an older gentleman, a wool suit, an indifferent gaze, and a pad of paper in hand. Probably the most common picture of classical therapy (no thanks to […]