Have you ever had a teen deliver their TEN good reasons and talk you into something that, deep inside you, your better judgement was screaming, "NO!" Whether they were your own child or your patient or a relative... doesn't matter. These teens have a gift of being able to persuade. They always seem to have multiple [...]
High D-Style children have been described as “a tornado looking for a place to happen”. Their drive to control as well as their high energy level influence every day of their lives. Add to this the hormones in the teen years and the highs and lows of the transition to independence and adulthood, and you have [...]
Picture this: You are a big fan of welcoming your family back home each day, especially after school – snacks are ready, time is set aside to hear all about their day. You love this Welcome Home Party Time. But your teen is built differently from you... they are quiet and reserved in nature, and after [...]
“Just Me and Mom Talk Time” - one of my favorite activities! And yet one of the most challenging things for a fun-loving, fast-paced adult to accomplish with a slower-paced teen. As we go through the DISC Style Adult to Teen Series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High I Adult and the [...]
PICNIC – just hearing the word sets me into action mode – pulling out our Family Heirloom picnic basket and loading it up if there’s any chance at all that the weather will cooperate. This is just one indication of my High I-Style that I share with my children. As we go through the Adult to [...]
Have you ever thought “things are going really well with my teen” only to have several challenges sprout up overnight that exhaust you just thinking about how to handle them? What is the best way to "hold the line" in each situation? As we go through the Adult to Teen DISC Series, the combination we will [...]
