Parenting your adolescent is possibly one of the most challenging experiences in your life and their negative qualities can often be the qualities you think of first. As we begin a new year, I want to encourage you to focus on a few of the…
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Targeted Character Building in Your Adolescent In 2018
December 28, 2017
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
How To Prevent Abusive Behavior
December 21, 2017
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
How can we prevent our children from becoming abusive young adults? Being abusive doesn’t just happen one day in our child’s behavior. It is nurtured in an environment where respect for other people has not taken root in their heart. Being abusive is the outcome…
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It’s All About the Reward
December 14, 2017
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
It is not that difficult to motivate an adolescent, just push the dopamine button in their brain! When you think of dopamine, think of reward. The anticipation of a reward is even enough to raise dopamine levels in the brain and bring on a pleasurable…
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Adolescents See You Through an Emotional Lens
December 7, 2017
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
When you look into the face of another adult, your brain helps you determine if the person you are with is happy, sad or in any other emotional state. That is because your prefrontal cortex, behind the forehead, is fully developed and uses logic to…
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Girl Tribes & Secrets
November 22, 2017
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
As middle school girls enter the early days of puberty, they begin to pull away from their parents and form very private tribes, as we call them, with their friends. These tribes usually have intense secrecy expectations and provide a safe place for the girls…
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