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Aug 2023
12m 52s

12 Ways to Shift Your Parenting Style

MARK GREGSTON
About this episode

If you want to move from a teaching model to a training model in your parenting, there are some essential shifts you'll need to make. Continuing to treat your child the same way you did when they were little simply will not work when you have a teen! In this episode, Mark Gregston and Wayne Shepherd discuss 12 things to adjust that will help your teen begin to mature, make their own decisions and apply the things you taught them to their world. Listen in now!

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