Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette
Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette is a psychologist dedicated to helping parents raise conscientious, respectful children they enjoy having around. Her work with families is consistent with her belief that respect, accountability, and prudent transparency are the cornerstones to healthy, enduring relationships between loved ones. Stop Negotiating with Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody or Depressed Adolescent is her popular parenting book, and her most recent book is The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don’t Like Sports Survive Bullying and Boyhood. For more information please visit the website below...
Occupation: Psychologist and Author
Website: http://www.janetedgette.com/
Posts
Putting The Kibosh on Teenage Disrespect
We have all seen teens who are so disrespectful to their parents it makes our jaws drop. Maybe you’ve been one of those parents.Maybe your teenager has learned that he can verbally harass or physically intimidate you into relinquishing the car keys, abandoning his curfew, or looking the other way...
Time to Ban These Three Words: “Typical Teen Behavior”
We use “typical teen behavior” to refer to a broad range of things our teens do, much of it unbecoming. Whenever they appear moody, or stop talking to us, or resist our reminders about everything from deadlines to hygiene, our go-to explanation is that "they’re just being typical teens."But are t...
Making a Point Versus Having a Conversation
Olivia calls her dad a s**t-head every chance she gets, but what she really wants to say to him is this: “Every time you talk to me you’re trying to make some point and it gets old. Plus, you think you’re being funny but it hurts my feelings and that’s why I don’t talk to you, not because I’m a “...
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