Every December, the cycle repeats: school lets out, routines disappear, and your teen becomes permanently glued to a screen. Phones. Gaming. Streaming. Scrolling. And before long, you’re doing what you promised yourself you wouldn’t: nagging, threatening, negotiating, or snapping. Screen time battles with teens don’t start because parents want to be controlling. They start because…
The question of why college freshmen are struggling keeps popping up in my inbox. When I speak with parents, they blame themselves or their child. Most of the time, that blame comes from not knowing what’s actually happening beneath the surface. But many of the most powerful forces driving college failure are invisible from the…
More than I’ve ever seen in my 14 years as a teen life coach, first year college students are failing out. I’m hearing from countless parents who say the same thing: their child went to college, struggled far more than expected, and either failed classes or hated it. Now everyone is left wondering what comes…
Parents today are battling something no generation before them ever faced: a device in their teen’s hand that can instantly change their mood, attention, confidence, and sleep. Kids walk around with a black hole in their pocket, luring them into the teen screen time spiral. You’ve likely seen it: They’re irritable when you ask them to…
If you’re parenting a teen right now, you may be seeing something that feels new — a kind of checked-out, unmotivated, glazed-over version of your kid. They’re scrolling, sighing, or retreating to their room. You ask a question and get a shoulder shrug. You plan a family activity and get a “No thanks.” You ask…