Parenting teens and young adults

Who's In the Driver's Seat?

A 15-part video series from Dr. Peter Robbins and Rev. Doug Haag on getting back into the driver’s seat with teens and young adults.

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR PARENTING YOUR TEEN

For over 20 years Dr. Peter Robbins and Rev. Doug Haag have been teaching parents how to get back in control of their teens. For the first time, this popular series is now available on demand. In this provocative seven week series you'll discover your teen's personality as well as your parenting style. You'll learn about the Three Kidnappers of our Teens and how to protect your teen and so much more. Once you've completed this series you'll feel more in control and confident than ever before. Pastor Doug Haag and Dr. Peter Robbins bring over 70 year of combined parenting experience to assist you to get back into the driver's seat with your teen.

Discover Dr. Robbins' other teaching videos here. To learn more about Dr. Robbins click here. WEEK ONE: Discovering Your Teens Personality Did you know you're living is a zoo and that there are 4 possible animals you're living with? Discover the 4 personality styles and find out which one is your child? Watch these two revealing videos with Pastor Doug Haag to find out.

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Resources: WITDS Handbook Notes Session_1.pdf John Trent's Survey When Children Turn In to Cats WEEK TWO: Discovering Four Parenting Styles and Which One Works Best With Your Teen Now that you've discovered your child's personality style, find out your parenting style in this informative video. Rev. Doug Haag will show you that there are Four Parenting Stylesthat we can fall into. Are you using the most productive one? Find out by watching this 2 part video series.

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Resources: WITDS Handbook Notes Session_2.pdf WEEK THREE: The Three Kidnappers of Our Teens In this video Dr. Peter Robbins will teach you how to ride a Teenage Roller-coaster. With all the confusion of whether to hold onto our kids or let them go, you'll discover what to let go of and what to hold onto for dear life. You'll discover The Three Kidnappers of our Teens and what to do about it.

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Resources: WITDS Handbook Notes Session_3.pdf Questions to make you think I See Children as Kites WEEK FOUR:7 Tips for Successful Parenting Early & Middle Adolescence Your kids are changing and so must the tools you use to parent them. While your parenting efforts may have worked when they were young, they may no longer work now that they are teens. You need a new set of parenting tools. In this video Dr. Peter Robbins will share7 tools for parenting early and middle adolescence that really work.

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Resources: WITDS Handbook Notes Session_4 WEEK FIVE:5 Essential Tools for Parenting Late Adolescence - Making the Transiti on Guess what? Your teens are changing... again. They're moving into late adolescence and early adulthood and so your parenting approach must change as well. In this video Dr. Peter Robbins will teach you the5 essential tools to make this transition a healthy one.

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Resources: WITDS Handbook Notes Session_5 On Parenting chores_list_example. pdf Bill Pay & Cash Management: We do the work for you. A New Way to manage your cash and pay your bills. WEEK SIX: Connecting With Your Teen - Speaking the Truth in Love

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Part 1: Speaking the Truth in Love There is so much your teen needs to know and so much you want to tell them. Why don't they listen? Often it is our approach. It needs to change so your teen will listen. In this video Dr. Peter Robbins will share communicati ontools that really work with teens... your teen. You'll discover the 4 ingredients ofspeaking the truth in love to your kids.

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Part 2: Learning to Certify Your Communication

Have you ever notice how four kids from the same family can turn out so differently. In Part 2 you'll also learn why sometimes your best efforts to communicate blows up in your face and how to avoid this. Dr. Peter Robbins introduces you to anew technique that makes sure your teen gets your message. Resources: Reflective Listening: Role Play Curfew & Allowance Suggestions Encouraging Language to use WITDS Handbook Notes Session_6 It's Your Move Reflective Listening

Communicati on Suggestions Roadblocks to Communicati on WEEK SEVEN: Limit Setting & Discipline In this very practical session, Rev. Doug Haag shares thedifference between PUNISHMENT and DISCIPLINE. You'll discover the three levels of discipline and how to use them at the proper time. Setting limits has always been a challenge for most parents. You will learn that there are two very effective ways to do this and wonder why you never used them before.

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Resources: WITDS Handbook Notes Session_7.pdf BONUS SESSION: Using Structure to Improve School Performance We consider poor school performance to be a destructive adolescent behavior because it will often send children into a tail spin from which they may not recovery. With a little effort, kids can generally improve their grades. In this helpful video Rev. Doug Haag will teach you how to create the structure your teen needs to succeed with their homework.

Resources: WITDS Handbook Notes Session_8_bonus_.pdf BONUS SESSION: Gloria Robbins, Dr. Peter Robbins' wife shares from a mother's heart: Helpful Insight for Parents Struggling with a Prodigal Child A Helpful Resource for Teens in Trouble... Kids “N” Crime was founded by Ron Laursen in 2002. Mr. Laursen is a retired 35 year veteran of the Orange County Probati on Department in Orange California. The goal of Kids “N” Crime initial class, Legal Awareness was to provide a second chance for young people arrested on criminal offenses for the first time, or teens considered “at risk” for problems at school, drug and alcohol use, gang membership or out of control behaviors at home. Kids N Crime provide classes on Anger Control, Teens N Cars, Drugs & Alcohol, Shoplifting & Petty Theft, Teens N Truancy, and many more.

Disclaimer The information in this video or website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical or psychological conditions or diseases. The statements in this video have not been evaluated by the American Psychological Associati on or any other mental health organizati on or financial organization. The information provided in this video is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician, other mental health care professional, or financial advisor. You should not use the information in this video for diagnosis or treatment of any health, mental health problem, prescripti on of any medication or other treatment, or financial advise.

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15-part video series

The full practical parenting sequence is embedded below in order.

Week One: Discovering Your Teen's Personality, Part 1

Did you know you may be living in a zoo? Discover four personality styles and begin identifying which one describes your child.

Week One: Discovering Your Teen's Personality, Part 2

Continue learning the four personality styles and how they shape your parenting approach.

Week Two: Four Parenting Styles, Part 1

Now that you have discovered your child's personality style, find out your parenting style and which one works best with your teen.

Week Two: Four Parenting Styles, Part 2

Rev. Doug Haag continues explaining parenting styles and how to move toward a more productive approach.

Week Three: The Three Kidnappers of Our Teens, Part 1

Dr. Robbins teaches how to ride the teenage roller coaster and how to know what to release and what to hold onto.

Week Three: The Three Kidnappers of Our Teens, Part 2

Continue learning the forces that can pull teens off track and what parents can do about it.

Week Four: 7 Tips for Early and Middle Adolescence, Part 1

Your kids are changing and so must your parenting tools. Dr. Robbins shares practical tools for early and middle adolescence.

Week Four: 7 Tips for Early and Middle Adolescence, Part 2

Continue the practical tools for parenting early and middle adolescence.

Week Five: 5 Essential Tools for Late Adolescence, Part 1

As teens move into late adolescence and early adulthood, your parenting approach must change as well.

Week Five: 5 Essential Tools for Late Adolescence, Part 2

Continue the transition tools for parenting late adolescence and emerging adults.

Week Six: Connecting With Your Teen, Part 1

Speaking the truth in love: communication tools that can help your teen listen and receive what they need to know.

Week Six: Certifying Your Communication, Part 2

Learn why communication can blow up despite good intentions, and how to make sure your teen receives the message.

Week Seven: Limit Setting and Discipline, Part 1

Rev. Doug Haag explains the difference between punishment and discipline and introduces practical limit setting.

Week Seven: Limit Setting and Discipline, Part 2

Continue learning the levels of discipline and how to use them at the proper time.

Bonus Session: Using Structure to Improve School Performance

Poor school performance can send children into a tailspin. Rev. Doug Haag teaches how to create structure that helps teens succeed with homework.

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Session handouts and tools

Companion handbooks, surveys, and parent tools for the sessions.

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