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Carl E Pickhardt Ph.d

Carl E Pickhardt Ph.d

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Helping Adolescents Appreciate Hardships

Dealing with adversity can strengthen teenagers in ways they don't always see.

28.10.2024 30

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How Parents Can Help Adolescents Build an Awareness of Time

To stay on track, teens need to keep past, present, and the possible future in mind.

14.10.2024 10

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Parent, Teenager, and the Value of Keeping a Sense of Humor

Laugh with each other to lighten life up, not "at" each other to tease or hurt.

30.09.2024 30

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Considering 4 Possible Stages of Adolescent Growth

Anticipating development in their teenager can help parents adjust to change.

16.09.2024 30

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Parenting and the Power of Adolescent Consent

Parental influence increasingly depends on adolescent willingness to cooperate.

02.09.2024 40

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Why Parent and Teenager May Complain More About Each Other

Incompatibilities can increase discontent as parents and teenagers grow apart.

19.08.2024 30

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Parenting in Response to Adolescent Dangers

Protecting against and preparing for the risks of growing up is hard to do.

05.08.2024 20

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Parenting Adolescents and the Power of Adult Example

Teenagers can learn from parental experience—from the good and the bad.

22.07.2024 20

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Adolescence and Increased Sensitivity to Social Teasing

Being made fun of isn't funny when it hurts feelings and harms self-esteem.

15.07.2024 30

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Adolescence and the Influence of Parents

As teenage individuality and independence grow, parents can feel less in control.

01.07.2024 30

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Parenting the Angry Adolescent

The trials of growing up can create more to get mad about.

17.06.2024 20

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Adolescence and the Growing Challenges of Competition

To try harder, test capacity, play rivals, win opportunity, and get ahead.

03.06.2024 20

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Adolescent Changes for Parents to Anticipate

When childhood ends, parental expectations must be adjusted.

20.05.2024 80

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Helping Adolescents Learn Two Compromises in Life

Compromise teaches that some of what is wanted is going to be enough.

06.05.2024 90

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When Your Adolescent First Falls in Love

Explaining the complexity of managing a romantic relationship.

29.04.2024 50

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2 Sharing Skills to Encourage in Your Teen

How parents can help teens get better at cooperating and communicating.

15.04.2024 10

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How Adolescent Growth Complicates Parenting Your Child

Common teenage changes worth anticipating and responding to.

01.04.2024 30

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How Parents Can Help Teens Manage Fear

Fear is useful, and teens needn't pretend they don't feel it.

18.03.2024 10

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Common Separation Tensions Between Parent and Adolescent

Growing apart increases distance, diversity, and disagreement between them.

04.03.2024 10

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Adolescent Growth and Peer Group Membership

It's harder to grow up during adolescence when doing it alone.

19.02.2024 10

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Parental Frustration With Adolescent Delay

With a growing teenager, it can take longer to get requests promptly met.

05.02.2024 20

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Parents, Adolescents, and the Management of Anger

More mutual irritation can arise as youthful individuality and independence grow.

29.01.2024 10

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Chores? Or No Chores? That Is a Question

It takes parental effort to get a teenager to give regular household help.

14.01.2024 20

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The End of Adolescence and the Power of Future Expectations

Realistic expectations help adjustment to independence; unrealistic ones do not.

02.01.2024 8

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Adolescence and the Growing Power of Worldly Curiosity

Interest increases in discovering and experiencing what is older and adult.

08.12.2023 20

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Parenting Adolescents and the Tyranny of Now

A lack of immediate gratification of requests can be frustrating.

04.12.2023 10

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