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 [...]
For the people-loving, high-energy adult, it is often a challenge to “tone things down” to better relate with a teen who is more quiet, slow-paced and must have alone time for renewal. As we go through the Adult to Teen DISC Series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High I-Style Adult and the [...]
“Just Me and Mom Talk Time” - one of my favorite activities! And yet it is one of the most challenging things for a fun-loving, fast-paced adult to make time for with a slower-paced teen. As we go through the Adult to Teen DISC Series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High I-Style [...]
As we relate as adults to teens, whether in our family, or our profession, one challenge is to find ways to connect and share experiences. It can be a great help if we share common traits or how we approach life. As we go through the Adult to Teen DISC Series, the combination we will discuss [...]
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? As we go through the Adult to Teen DISC Series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High I-Style Adult and the High D-Style Teen. [...]
