Recently I had a meeting with a mom who was struggling with her 13year old. She let me know that she was struggling a lot with her daughter, that her daughter had changed...that there was lots of swearing & anger coming out of her formally sweet child and constant exasperation coming out of her mouth in the form of sentences such as “you are so f’ing unfair and annoying Mom”. She was at a loss and didn’t know what to do. Her daughter had turned into someone she couldn’t recognize...someone whom quite frankly she didn’t like very much!

Do you have a tween or teen like this mom -- one that seems to have changed “all of a sudden”?  Who has morphed into someone unrecognizable? Moodier? Short with you? Giving lots of eye rolls? Calling you names and who spends hours locked away in their room? If so then you're not alone. Many many parents struggle with parenting tweens and teens. Today we are going to talk about the challenges and stresses that tweens & teens are facing today and how I believe their 24hr access to their phone is exasperating these. I want you to listen in and see if any of the stories and anecdotes I share resonate with you...If there are...please stay tuned until the end where I share 5 things you can start doing today to get their phone use under control so that your relationship with them can go back to a no-yelling, happy and calm place (well, for most of the time).