Listen to the Podcast In this episode of Today's Teenager, I discuss five essential skills needed to communicate effectively with today's teens. If you only have 3 minutes, check out this brief segment where I talk about the non-obvious obstacles to being a good listener. You might be surprised at [...]
Welcome to Roy Petitfils' Summer Book Giveaway! One lucky winner will take home two of Roy's best-selling relationship & teen parenting books plus a $20 iTunes gift card Roy Petitfils' Relationship & Teen Parenting Books in this Contest For two decades, Roy Petitfils has been a licensed counselor specializing in [...]
Listen to the Podcast “We're losing social skills: how to read a person's mood, their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanizes what is a very, very important part of living together.” [...]
After months of prayer and planning, I've finally launched Today's Teenager, a podcast that helps adults understand, reach and influence today's teens. Each features an in depth look at topics such as communication, spirituality, discipline, setting boundaries, trust, normal vs. abnormal teen behavior and more. I'd really appreciate it if you [...]
Listen to the Podcast Episode Because every teen is different and every family is different, it's tough to suggest hard and fast rules. For almost every tip I offer, I can usually think of several teens and families who don’t fit in that category or for whom that [...]
Listen to the Podcast "I don't know what to do about my teenager and his video games. It's like he's addicted to them." I hear this nearly once a day from worried parents. The truth is that the number of teens who play video games is staggering. One [...]
In the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, children, teenagers, and even twenty-somethings are beset by record rates of anxiety and depression. And finally, after decades (if not centuries) of keeping mental illness behind closed doors, adults are finally talking about these issues openly. And now, many parents are [...]
When I was a high school teacher and campus minister, I invited Alex, a faith filled man with incredible depth, to give a talk at an upcoming retreat. Unlike me, he was very soft spoken and not very dynamic. I worried he wouldn’t be able to grab and hold the teens’ attention. [...]
Listen to the Podcast Remind Yourself that Your Teenager is a Teenager As simple as this sounds, its one of the most important aspects of parenting and relating to teenagers. Most adults suffer from projection bias when it comes to teens, in that they project onto teens their [...]
Listen to the Podcast Once I heard a teen call another teen in the classroom “fat.” Because of my own painful experience of being picked on for being obese, I over reacted and verbally berated that teen in front of the whole class. And, as painful as this [...]
