View Video Transcript Hello, welcome to Tips on Teens where today’s question is talking about how do I get my kids to listen to me the first time? My name is Kent Toussaint, I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist and I’m the founder and clinical director of Teen Therapy Center in Woodland Hills, California. …
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View Video Transcript Hello! Welcome to Tips on Teens. My name is Kent Toussaint, licensed marriage and family therapist, coming to you live on Facebook every Wednesday at noon on your lunch break to answer your parenting questions. And today is less of a Tips on Teens and more of a Clues on Kids. So …
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View Video Transcript Hello, welcome to Tips on Teens. My name is Kent Toussaint, licensed marriage and family therapist, coming to you live on Facebook as I do every Wednesday at 12 o ‘clock to answer your parenting questions. I’m the founder and clinical director of Teen Therapy Center and also the executive director of …
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View Video Transcript Hello, welcome to Tips on Teens, this is Kent Toussaint, licensed marriage and family therapist coming to you live on Facebook to answer your parenting questions every Wednesday at noon. Here is today’s question. I have a 10 year old that still talks like a baby and makes weird noises. She only …
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View Video Transcript Hello, welcome to Tips on Teens. This is Kent Toussaint, licensed marriage and family therapist, coming to you live on Facebook every Wednesday at noon to answer your parenting questions. And let’s jump into today’s question. My teenager cannot focus on her homework. She’s very smart and is very capable of being …
View Video Transcript Hello, and thanks for joining me for Tips on Teens. My name is Kent Toussaint. I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist and the founder and clinical director of Teen Therapy Center in Woodland Hills. Every Wednesday at noon, I answer your parenting questions that you send us, and here is today’s …
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https://youtu.be/bc29pK8vcUI Most kids and teens who are on the Autism Spectrum have an extremely difficult time socializing and relating with others, especially in school settings. Today, Kent answers the following question from a concerned parent: “My 13 year old son has a lot of trouble keeping friends. His teacher suggested that he might be on …
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https://youtu.be/p1WEsA4-E1I For this week’s “Tips on Teens” Kent tackles how ADD and ADHD effect learning by answering the following question: “How can I teach a child with ADHD the differences between right and wrong?” Tips On Teens is a vlog that our Clinical Director, Kent Toussaint, hosts every Wednesday at 12:00pm on Facebook Live. He …
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Tips on Teens #031 Our last article, Adolescent Brain Development talked about how a teen’s thought process is impaired due to the prefrontal cortex being underdeveloped during the teen years. The above illustration is an example of how a teenager struggles with making wise decisions.
Tips on Teens #030 While it is true that much of brain development happens in the first five years of life, a crucial part of the brain remains under-developed for a lot longer than people realize. The prefrontal cortex is an area of the brain just behind your forehead. Around age eleven, this area of …
