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What is Your College Kid Doing this Summer? Summer Success Tips for Parents

What is Your College Kid Doing this Summer? Summer Success Tips for Parents

Since it’s probably not okay with you for your college kid to hang out in the basement playing video games all summer, work with them to develop a plan based on your family’s values. How can you help them feel productive and purposeful, whether that’s having a job, volunteering, reading books, or helping around the…

Interventions Work

Interventions Work

Interventions do work. They are effective at getting individuals to accept help and moving families to a better place. The overall intervention process can be healing for families because they often feel closer by coming together with a common goal and becoming unified through the same mission. Where do you start if you feel a…

Intervention Is a Process

Intervention Is a Process

With a formal family intervention or peer intervention, everyone involved has already prepared what they want to say. Their communication is intentional and thought out. This prevents emotions from taking over and things from escalating. Also, the person leading is skilled at managing the environment and energy so that things stay calm and collected. It’s…