by Todd Kestin | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, Do you worry about your teen/young adult struggling more now due to a lack of in-person socialization? Do you wish they were embracing the moment more, regardless of what is happening in the world? A possible solution: INTERACTIVE MEETINGS for...
by Todd Kestin | Jan 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’m used to talking to parents, whether in my articles or in my sessions with them, about how to help their teenagers make stressful adjustments we’ve all had to make at some point in our lives. What qualifies us to teach our teens is that we’ve been...
by Todd Kestin | Jul 14, 2018 | General Parenting
As they say, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. The same is true for your teen. Though we may know what’s best for our kids (or at least think we do), we can’t make them do it. They have to want to do it themselves. In other...
by Todd Kestin | May 4, 2018 | General Parenting
One of our most sacred roles as parents is to prepare our children for a successful future. What success means to each of us may differ, but we can all agree that resilience, flexibility, and adaptability play a large role. How, then, do we weave these qualities in...
by Todd Kestin | Dec 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
On an afternoon I’ll never forget, one of my teen clients walked through the door, dropped into a chair, and proudly stated that he had discovered the key to happiness: weed. It’s his medicine, he says, and it makes him feel good. If he could only get a medical...