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  • Turbulence Ahead

    September 23rd, 200905:12 PM ET
    By Mark Gregston
    I'm blessed to work with teens and their families. It's taught me more about parenting and how teens think today than I could have learned any other way. All parents have to go through the sometimes bumpy teen years. There's no way around it. So, in the dawning days of adolescence they often ask me, "How can I get ready for the turbulence ahead?"...

  • Possibly the Greatest Teen Parenting Mistake

    September 02nd, 200912:13 PM ET
    By Mark Gregston
    Well intentioned parents, doing as they have always done to protect their children when they were young, often circle the wagons and marshal control when their teenager makes a mistake in judgment. Others keep their wagons circled all the time, never giving up any control in the first place. Such parents then wonder why their teenager struggles and...
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