Tips for Parents

Twentysomethings

1. Should a parent give money to an adult child? If so, under what circumstances?
2. What should a parent do about her 24-year-old daughter who wants her boyfriend to sleep over in her room?
3. What do you do if your child makes choices that you disagree with?

Boys

1. How do I get my once lovable son to talk to me about anything?
2. My son doesn't want to go visit his grandparents, and I always insist that his sister goes. Should I make him go?
3. What do I do if my son is a bully?

Girls

1.What do I say to my 10-year-old who wants to diet?
2. My heart breaks when my daughters sits alone in the lunch room. What can I do to help her?
3. I see my daughter Iming mean things about one of her friends. What should I do?


Books

Why Boys Don't Talk and Why We Care: A Mother's Guide to Connection
(Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc., April, 2000)

Mom, Can I Move Back in With You? A Survival Guide for Parents of Twentysomethings
(Tarcher/Putnam, May 2004)

Why Boys Don't Talk and Why It Matters: A Parent's Guide to
Connecting With Your Teen
(McGraw-Hill, January 2005)

Why Girls Talk and What They're Really Saying: A Parent's Guide to Connecting With Your Teen
(McGraw-Hill, January 2005)

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Recent workshops and presentations


Maryland Commission for Women, Teenage Pregnancy

St. Christopher's International School Conference on
Boys, What is Happening to Our Boys in School?

Wisconsin Regional Educational Telecommunications
Middle School Boys

Edlavitch-Tyser Family Relations Forum
Why Boys Don't Talk

Judicial Institute, Family Law Curriculum
Psychological Issues in Divorce

George Washington University
Changing Models of American FamilyOL

Maryland State Teachers Association Conference
Building Resilient Boys

AAUW conference
Boys and Girls in School

Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Parenting Twentysomethings

Academy for Educational Development
Raising and Educating Healthy Boys