Helping Family: a Teen Pregnancy, Distance Learning, & a Hoarding Mom

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Show Notes for this Episode

• My 16-year-old is remote learning. He doesn’t complete his assignments. How do I navigate this? Do I stay on him or let him fail?
• MY 17-year-old son and his 16-year-old girlfriend are expecting a baby. How do I parent through this?
• Teaching Segment: What am I currently reading?
• LostConnections - Johann Hari
• AtomicHabits - James Clear
• TreatingTrauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents - Judith A. Cohen
• TheBiology of Desire - Why Addiction Is Not a Disease - Marc Lewis PhD
• TheGift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients - Irvin Yalom
• Lonely at the Top: The High Cost of Men's Success - Thomas Joiner Ph.D.
• My mom has hoarding disorder. How can I help her?
• Lyrics of the Day: "Free Fallin'" - Tom Petty (John Mayer Cover)

tags: parenting, boundaries, technology/social media, family, OCD, counseling/therapy

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