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What Tools Do YOU have ready?

15 miles from Poughkeepsie, NY this past week and on my way to speak at Vassar College, the tire on my rental car blows out! I was in a remote area on a Restricted Roadway (tow trucks cannot service the area without a State Police request first). I like to give myself an extra hour leeway for driving time to be safe and I did in this case. However, the Emergency Service said they may need that entire time to get to me. What do I do? First, I called the school to give them the entire situation – to insure no one was surprised or taken off guard.

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Technology verses Words

When teaching verbal skills, many Moms, Dads, and educators continually share how teens would rather text than talk. To their credit, many teens are fantastic at multi-tasking and quickly absorbing technology uses to fit their lifestyle. The unfortunate consequence is these skills are happening at the cost of losing one-on-one verbal tools. What do you do?

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Mike talking to parents

Video teaches parents “HOW TO” talk AND get their teenagers to listen when addressing dating, intimacy, sex, and much more.

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Kids online activities and Parent Monitoring

How many hours a month do you think your kids are online? On average, most kids are spending 20 hours online. Most kids between the ages of 13 – 17 believe their parents have no clue as to what their activities are online. Here’s what they do, where they go, who they meet:

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