Parenting Resources 

Below is a variety of resources ranging from anxiety management to using social media for parents to support their children, teens, and young adults to thrive :

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​FAVOURITE SHORT PODCASTS (by Dr. Lisa Damour). To access the podcasts, you need to search one of the titles below using this website:

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Phones, Social Media & More

• Will Social Media Harm My Kid?

• How and when do I give my kid a phone?

• What to do about shocking texting?

• My Son Messed Up. Can I Keep Him from Being Canceled?

• Should I track my teens' location?

• Should I let my kid use TikTok?

• My Daughter’s Nude Selfie Got Out. What Do We Do Now?

 

Gaming

• How Much Gaming is Too Much?

• Should My Kid Play Violent Video Games?

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​Friendships & Peer Relationships

• My Kid is Being Bullied. What Should I Do?

• My Kid Was Dumped by Her Friends. How Can I Help?

• My Friends’ Kids Are Excluding my Kid. What Should I Do?

• My Daughter Is the Mean Girl. What Do I Do?

• How Do I Encourage My Tween to Drop a Bad Friendship?

• How Do I Get My Teen Sons to Talk to Me?

 

Romantic Relationships​

• How Do I Support My Heartbroken Son?

• I’m Not Ready for My Kid to Be in Love. Help!

• Girls Are Harassing My Son. What Should I Do?

• Is There a Gentle Way to Drop a Friend?

• Can I Talk My Teen Out of a Toxic Romance?

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Gender and Sexual Health

• Should I Give the Sex Talk if I Think I’m Already Too Late?

• How Do I Support My LGBTQ+ Daughter?

• Should My Teen Go to a Sleepover with Her Boyfriend?

• My Kid Looked at Porn. What Should I Do?

 

Substance Use

• How Do I Talk My Teen Out of Vaping?

• How Do I Get My Son to Give Up Pot?

 

Life Challenges

• Should I Allow My Tween To Wear Crop Tops?

• Why Is My Kid Hooked on Luxury Skincare?

• Do I Really Have to Send My Tween to Sleepovers?

• How and When Do I Tell My Kids Their Grandma is Dying?

• What Should I Do With Dicey Information About Other People’s Kids?

 

Social Justice​

• My Son and his Friends Use Slurs. Can I Stop This?

• How Do I Talk to My Child About Racism?

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Youth Mental Health & Behaviour

• My Daughter Is Cutting Herself. What Should I Do?

• What Do Parents Need to Know about Suicide?

• How Do I Combat My Kid’s Perfectionism?

• My Clingy Teen Hates Going to School. How Do I Help?

• My Kid Complains Constantly. How Do I Get Him to Stop?

• My Kids Lose it When They Make Sports Mistakes. How Can I Help?

• What’s the Best Way to Help a Kid with ADHD?

• Lying, Sneaking, Cheating. What Keeps Kids from Being Honest?

• Practicing Optimism 

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Parenting Young Adults

• How Do I Parent a Young Adult (and Deal with my Own Parents)?

• My College-Bound Kid Is “Soiling the Nest.” Help!

• Should My Kid Take a Gap Year?

• How Do I Raise Financially Responsible Kids? 

• How Do I Get My Teen To Take Charge of Her Life?

• How Do I Pay For College Without Going Broke?

• How Do I Help My Teen Deal With College Rejections?

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Split/Divorced Families

• How Should Step-Parents Fit In?

• How Do We Help Kids Through Divorce?

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​HEALTH TIPS

• TEDtalk about the importance of sleep

• Device to help kids to fall asleep

• Chore device

 

• ​PROVIDING VALIDATION

• It is not about the nail

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ANXIETY

Free Parent Interventions

• ​My Anxiety Plans (MAPS): MAPS are anxiety management programs based on CBT, an evidence-based psychological treatment. You can choose from two MAPs - Children/Teens and Adults. 

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• Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Anxiety: The Canadian Mental Health Association in BC offers a free coach-based program to help parents support their children aged 3-12 to manage anxiety.

 

Book

• Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents (by Eli Lebowitz)

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BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES

Free Parent Interventions

• ​​​Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Behaviour: The Canadian Mental Health Association in BC offers a free coach-based program to help parents support their children aged 3-12 with behavioural difficulties.

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• Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing (by Dr. Alan Kazdin): This free course developed by a leader in the field provides a toolkit of behaviour-change techniques that will make your typical day in the home easier as you develop the behaviours you would like to see in your child. 

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• Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach (by Dr. Ross Greene): Rather than focusing on kids' concerning behaviours (and modifying them), CPS helps kids and caregivers solve the problems causing those behaviours. The problem-solving is collaborative (not unilateral) and proactive (not reactive). 

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Books

• The Everyday Parenting Toolkit The Kazdin Method for Easy, Step-by-Step, Lasting Change for You and Your Child (by Kazdin)

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• The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children (by Ross Greene)

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• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (by Daniel Siegel)

 

SUPPORTING YOUTH WITH SELF HARM

• Self-injury outreach and support is a non-profit outreach initiative which provides information and resources regarding self-harm to those who currently self-harm, those who have recovered, and those who are seeking help.

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• Book: Helping Teens Who Cut: Using Dbt Skills to End Self-Injury (by Michael Hollander)

 

PARENTING TEEN GIRLS

•  Untangled: Guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood

• Under pressure: Confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls

 

PARENTING YOUNG ADULTS 

 

• How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success (by Julie Lythcott-Haims & Macmillan)

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• The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
  (by Jessica Lahey)

 

• Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults (by Lisa Heffernan et al.)

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