The Available Parent - Maximize the Relationship with Your Teen or Tween

In this Episode, Dr. John Duffy, the author of the best selling book, The Available Parent: Expert Advice for Raising Successful and Resilient Teens and Tweens, addresses the questions and concerns that parents always ask or are too afraid to ask “Where did we go wrong?” “Why is her goal to torture us?” John Duffy defines and describes the role of an Available Parent in the context of adolescent development. He clarifies the common parent/teen clashes in terms of the physical, social and psychological challenges that make teens as wonderful as they are complicated. With humor and examples he describes what “ Never Works” as well as “What Does Work.” Throughout, he shows parents how to be available is a way that changes and improves the parent/teen relationship and fosters the resilience and growth of their teen.