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Aug 2023
43m 17s

IMPROVE PARENTING TEENS & REDUCE STRESS ...

Rhoda Sommer on Relationships
About this episode

Parenting teens can be a struggle and an additional stress on relationships. Your sweet easy to maneuver children turn into road blocks & obstacles. Parents wonder what happened & where did they go wrong. It’s really not about what went wrong it’s about understanding you’ve entered a new world and you have to find the flexibility to do things differently. Teens are hungry for respect & the power to decide things.

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