When Your Son Won’t Talk to You

What to Do Monday Morning When He Shuts Down She was sitting in my office, hands wrapped around a coffee cup she hadn’t touched, and she said the thing I’ve heard a thousand mothers say: “He used to tell me everything. Now I can’t get a single word out of him.” Her son was thirteen.…

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The Five Father Wounds—Which One Is Your Son Carrying?

  Something is wrong with your son, and you can’t name it. He’s angry all the time-or he’s disappeared into his room and won’t come out.  His grades have collapsed. He’s in trouble at school.  Maybe he’s said something that scared you.  You’ve tried everything-talking, consequences, therapy, backing off, pushing harder. Nothing sticks.

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Parents: Meet the “New Nanny”

Are you busy raising your kids? If so, you have responsibilities that include entertaining, educating, and guiding!  Likely you’ve provided your kids a phone (all the other kids have one) and allowed this phone, who I refer to as “the nanny,” to replace many of the roles a parent is responsible for. The phone has…

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Helping Boys Navigate Adolescence

Clayton Lessor

When the counseling department at Wydown Middle School reached out and invited me to participate in their “Speaker Series;” focused on boys navigating adolescence, you know my answer was yes! 

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Back to School-Behavior Problems?

School is back to in-person classroom learning! Your kids are going to go through some adjustments.  Your son likely had more freedom to be active over the past year; the transition back to class will likely be challenging.

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Thank You Mom!

This is dedicated to all the Mom’s out there who are raising son(s)! Thanks To Mom If you’re a single Mom, you don’t need me to tell you how hard it is raising kids alone.  Most mom’s I talk to feel they are filling the role of dad too.  You are most likely working a full-time…

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