Press Highlights
- Good Housekeeping: I Let My Teen Stay Out Without a Set Curfew, Until I Spoke With Experts
- ColoradoParent: Why You Should Take Your Kids on the Weekend Hiking Trip
- American Academy of Pediatrics YouTube show: How Parents Can Support Teen Mental Health (Without Trying to Fix Everything)
- Raising Boys and Girls Podcast: Episode 374: The Cornerstone of Resilience and Capability with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- News Ghana: From Panic to Pass: How Parents and Teachers Can Help Children Beat BECE and WASSCE Exam Phobia
- Pulse 2.0: Young Futures: $1.4 Million Awarded To Nonprofits Supporting Youth Navigation Of AI
- Morningstar: Young Futures Awards $1.4M to 16 Nonprofits Helping Young People Navigate AI with Agency
- Conscious Coach/Parenting Anxious Teens: Parenting Anxious Teens Podcast
- iNews: How ‘obstacle parenting’ puts children on course for success
- Yahoo! Life: They Grew Up Waiting Months to Know if Ross and Rachel Got Together. Our kids only know instant gratification.
- WGN9: ‘Lighthouse Parenting’
- The Bump: What Is a Lighthouse Parent?
- Parents: Want to Raise Resilient Kids? Try Lighthouse Parenting
- Washington Post: Want to be closer to your grandkids? Try texting more.
- PHL17: From Shrugs to Sharing: Experts Share How To Get Teens Talking Again
- Childrens’ Hospital of Orange County: Mental health at home: How to talk about our thoughts and feelings
- HELLO! Magazine: Lighthouse parenting: The ‘aspirational’ approach that boosts a child’s confidence
- Jewish Exponent: Broaden the Supportive Adults Surrounding Your Adolescent
- She Persisted: Gen Z Mental Health – is it Really That Bad?
- Jewish Exponent: Why We Must Move Past Disagreements
- PedsDocTalk: From Toddler to Teen: Building Confidence, Resilience, and Emotional Strength with Lighthouse Parenting
- The Atlantic: How Parents Hijacked the College Dorm
- The Independent: ‘You want to give them a blueprint’: How ‘lighthouse parenting’ became the latest child-rearing strategy
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Tips on how to parent your adult kid still living at home
- The Atlantic: The Pull and the Risks of Intensive Parenting
- Today: Lighthouse Parenting: What to Know
- She Knows: A New Study Shows Teen Girls Are More Affected by Digital Body-Shaming Than We Thought
- Two Percent: Raise Resilient Kids
- iNews UK: I stopped overscheduling my children’s lives – they flourished
- This Is So Awkward Podcast: Lighthouse Parenting
- How To Talk to Kids About Anything: How to Use Lighthouse Parenting to Prepare Your Child for Adulthood
- The Healthy Family Show: Lighthouse Parenting + Things That Make Us Scratch Our Heads
- Creating a Family: Raising Kids for a Lifelong Parent/Child Bond
- Kathryn Zox Show: Lighthouse Parenting
- Deseret News: Young adults are unprepared for adult life. A college course is helping them get ready
- Focus Forward: Lighthouse Parenting: How to Communicate, Connect, and Guide with Confidence
- Kevin MD: How Self Care Makes You a Better Parent
- Tech Savvy Mama: Lighthouse Parenting: Tips for Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids
- MSN: Lighthouse Parenting Tips
- Edit Your Life: Lighthouse Parenting
- Forbes: Helping Them Soar: Balancing Support And Independence
- Paternal Podcast: What type of parent are you?
- iNews: What parents of anxious children can do to help
- The Atlanta Journal Constitution: How to talk to your kids about social media misinformation
- National Geographic: How these new parenting styles impact your kid’s development
- Jewish Press: Lighthouse Parenting
- MSN: What is lighthouse parenting and how it can help raise confident kids
- Huffpost: Want To Raise Confident Kids? Try ‘Lighthouse Parenting.’
- PHL17: How to talk to children about politics
- The Star: Beacon of light: How lighthouse parenting style helps in guiding children
- AOL: Why Gentle Parenting is Proving Too Rough for Many Parents
- NBC News: Gentle parenting is proving too rough for many parents
- Free Malaysia Today: ‘Lighthouse parenting’: guiding children without going overboard
- Times Free Press: First Things First: What it means to be a lighthouse parent
- Deseret News: How to be a “lighthouse parent” and why it’s the best approach
- CNBC: This is the No. 1 way to raise kids with a ‘really healthy resilience
- La Dépêche:Quésaco: les “lighthouse parents”
- iHeartRadio: What is Lighthouse Parenting? Do you do it?
- CBC: What are Lighthouse Parents?
- KYW: Kids need as much help managing stress as adults, expert says
- Mindful Mama Mentor: Congrats! You’re Having a Teen
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Survey: Teens don’t get the support they need, despite what parents think
- CNN: To curb kids’ use of screens, parents may have to cut back on their own
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin kids are stressed about political divisiveness. Here’s how adults can help.
- Philadelphia Inquirer: A new program aims to help Philadelphia’s Black fathers talk to their teens about mental health and racism
- Peace at Home Parenting Podcast: Relating to Your Teen: Rejection, Current Events and Everything in Between
- LifeHacker: How to Be a Lighthouse Parent
- New York Times: I was trying to build my son’s resilience, not scar him for life
- Washington Post: Feeling like a ‘lame duck’ parent? Your teens need you — in different ways.
- SheKnows: For Teens, the Challenges to Getting Mental Health Help May Start at Home
- The Noodler: Fact/Opinion: How unbridled access to information is changing the way we consume media
- Mamamia: ‘My son will hate my guts.’ The friendship rules 5 parents won’t cross with their kids
- Vox: Should you be friends with your kids?
- CNBC: The No. 1 thing successful parents who raise the strongest and most resilient kids do differently
- Patch: 6 Ways to Support Your Child’s Teachers at School
- Washington Post: It’s never too late to grow. Here’s how to unlearn parenting habits.
- The Mom Hour: Dr. Ken Ginsburg On Why Teens Need Their Parents More Than Ever
- JOWMA: #StandByTeens with Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd
- KidzDocTalk: #StandByTeens Mental Health Month
- Love to Know: Benefits of Lighthouse Parenting and How to Practice It
- Greater Good Magazine: How to Help Your Teen Be a Good Person
- Spawned by Cool Mom Picks: The ultimate guide to parenting teens, with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- KidzDocTalk: Raising Resilient Teens: How to Build a Strong Foundation
- CNN: This doctor wants to congratulate you on having a teenager. Here’s why
- wfdd: Miseducated: The Awkward Conversation
- Authority Magazine: Dr. Ken Ginsburg On How to Raise Children Who Feel Loved and Connected
- SheKnows: Is Your Teen a Perfectionist? Here’s How to Help
- Your Teen Magazine: Experts Share How to Connect with Your Teen Who’s Never Home
- Parents: Why Parents Should Encourage Their Teens to Play More
- Military OneSource: The Role Parents Should Have in the Life of Their Teen
- Upworthy: Pediatrician is changing the way we think about teens with ‘lighthouse parenting’ tips
- Fox 29: Author shares tips on how to handle raising a teenager
- Your Teen Magazine: Experts Share How to Handle the Emotional Changes During the Tween Years
- Kelly Corrigan Wonders: Parenting Check In: The Fear of Suicide
- Fox 5: Avoid Dreading the Teen Years
- MCEC Podcast: The Power of Relationships for Young People
- Kelly Corrigan Wonders: Parenting Check In on Unconditional Love with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- WGN News: Congrats! You’re Having a Teen: Strengthen Your Family and Raise a Good Person
- Kelly Corrigan Wonders: Parenting Check In on Rejection and Risk with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- Washington Post: The dread of ‘the teen years’ is misplaced – and holding parents back
- Peace At Home Parenting Podcast: Parent Burn Out with Ken Ginsburg
- Kelly Corrigan Wonders: Parenting Check In on Knowing Your Territory with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- Family 360: Dr. Ken Ginsburg — Congrats! You’re Having a Teen!
- Kelly Corrigan Wonders: Parenting Check In on Peer Influence with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- TODAY Show: Doctor on how ‘effective parenting’ can support teens’ mental health
- The List: A Sexologist’s Guide for Talking About Sex with Your Kids
- Pediatric Meltdown: Talking to Teens and Parents: A Re-Frame with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- SheKnows: The Real Risk of Posting Your Kids’ Pictures on Social Media
- TODAY Show: Pediatrician shares guide for a happy, purposeful summer with kids
- SheKnows: Is Your Teen Ready to Date?
- We’re Momming Today!: Why Are Teens So Angry and Depressed? Expert Weighs In and Shares How Parents Can Help
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: How to talk to teens about getting help with mental health
- Lessons in Adolescence Podcast: Lessons with Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg & Dr. Jillian Baker
- Medium – Counter Arts: The ‘Living in His Mama’s Basement’ Fallacy
- SheKnows: 6 Expert Tips to Build — & Protect — Your Teen’s Self Esteem
- Axios: The state of the teen mental health crisis — and how to help
- Psychology Today: Why Uncertainty Leaves Us Vulnerable to Misinformation
- Big Think: 5 harmful myths and 5 inspiring truths about teenagers
- The Washington Post: 7 ways parents can help kids persist at tasks they resist
- TODAY Show: Pediatrician shares why it’s never too early to teach kids resiliency
- City Dads Group: Parent, Teen Communication Improvement Focus of New Partnership
- Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan: Parenting and Communicating with Teens with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- Good Life Family: How to Have a Healthier Relationship With Your Teen
- Jewish Press: Lighthouse Parenting
- Psychology Today: Resolve to Be a More Balanced Parent
- Moms.com: 5 Tips to Avoid Being a Pushover Parent
- Society for Research on Adolescence: Reframing Adolescent Development: Identifying Communications Challenges and Opportunities
- Dawn Stensland Show: Parenting and Building Resilience in Teens
- Moms.com: How to Connect With Your Teenagers Who Don’t Want to Be Around You
- Parents and Kids Magazine: Why I’m Taking 5 Minutes With My Teens
- The Washington Post: How parents can help themselves, and their children, feel okay again
- Psychology Today: How Patience and Empathy Can Help Children This School Year
- ABC4: Kids Under Construction — Creating Safe Boundaries
- Mum Central: The 5 New Parenting Styles Taking Over 2021
- Greater Good Magazine: How Parents Can Find Their Strength and Resilience
- CNN: 4 tips to help your teenager build resilience through volunteerism and activism
- The New York Times: The Secret to Raising a Resilient Kid
- The Washington Post: Five ways parents eased up during the pandemic, and how it helped everyone.
- Conscious Parents, Thriving Kids Podcast: Embracing the Adolescent Years with Dr. Ken Ginsburg
- The Washington Post: Playing with kids can be a bore. Here’s how to make it work.
- Psychology Today: The Key Life Skill That Teens Should Retain Post-Pandemic
- The Modern Dads Podcast: Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg on What Tweens and Teens Need Now
- Tech Savvy Mama: 3 Ways to Support Teen Technology Use and Mental Health
- Grown and Flown: Pediatrician: Why Our Teens’ Lives Should Not go Back to ‘Normal’
- Grown and Flown: How to Help Your Teens Manage Stress as we Begin to Return to Normal
- Raising Good Humans with Dr. Aliza Pressman: Ep 92: Renowned Adolescent Health Expert Dr. Ken Ginsburg on How Teenagers Thrive
- KIDding Around with Dr. Candace: How to Give Your Child the Gift of Resilience
- Greater Good Magazine: How to Support Teens’ Mental Health During COVID and Beyond
- Chop.edu: The Importance of Spotting Teen Strengths
- Good Housekeeping: Teenagers Can Be Aloof, But Growing Up Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Growing Apart
- Moms.com: 4 Relaxation Techniques for When Teens Need to Feel Calmer
- Chop.edu: Teens, Stress & COVID-19
- New York Times: How Parents Can Tame the Stress of Climate Crises
- Parents: 6 Little Things You Can Teach Your Toddler to Make Them a Better Teen
- The New York Times: Pandemic Grandparenting, Beyond the Dreary Video Call
- Good Life Family Magazine: Teaching Communication Skills in Middle School
- CNN: In a politically divided country, are children destined to grow up on 1 side?
- Creating a Family: Parenting Tweens and Teens
- Our Community Now: Tight-Lipped Teen? Here Are Some Fun Questions to Loosen Those Lips
- Parents Place: The Healing Power of Human Connection
- Grown and Flown: 5 Common Parenting Communication Mistakes and How to Do Better
- Parents Place: Why Parents Must Have Empathy for Teens During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Psychology Today: 7 Ways to Build Resilience in Children During COVID-19
- City Parent: Parenting Teens During the Coronavirus
- Your Teen for Parents: Dr. Ken Ginsburg on How Parents can Model Resilience for Teenagers
- The Washington Post: Middle School is Often Difficult. Try Experiencing it Under Quarantine
- Life Hacker: How to Host a Socially Distanced Playdate
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism and the Protests
- The Washington Post: As States Reopen, Here’s What Parents Should Know About Distanced Play Dates, Expanded Social Bubbles, and More
- Family 360: Teens in the Time of COVID
- Forbes: How College Campus Closings Are Affecting Graduating Seniors
- Parents Place: Finding Peace at Home
- Policy Lab: Creating Safe Environments During COVID-19 for Youth Who Have Endured Hardships
- Quality Parenting Initiative: The Power of Connection: How Resource Families can Support Adolescents Through the COVID-19 Crisis
- Psychology Today: Making Your Home a Safe Haven
- Cool Mom Picks: The Most Reassuring, Helpful, and Detailed Expert Tips for Talking to Kids About Coronavirus and Managing Their Concerns
- USA Today: Suicide has Only Gotten Younger: These two Families, Bonded by Loss, are Taking Action
- Greater Good: Three Ways to Boost Your Resilience as a Parent
- Grown and Flown: When Your Teen Gains Too Much Weight Gain in College: Physician Offers Advice to Parents
- The Week: The Parenting Advice That Changed my Relationship With my Teenaged Daughter
- How to Talk to Kids About Anything With Dr. Robyn: How to Build Resilience in Teens
- Creating a Family: Raising Resilient Kids
- The Modern Mommy Doc: How to Raise a Kid Who Thrives
- Yahoo! Lifestyle: How Your Kids can Benefit from Instability and Disappointment
- Ezvid Wiki: 6 Helpful Resources for Parents
- U.S. News & World Report: How Parents Can Address the Spike in Tween Depression
- Your Teen Magazine: Why I’m Taking 5 Minutes With my Teens: Our Family Routine
- Psychology Today: The Big Question Parents of Teens are Asking
- KYW News Radio: Parents Code Words can Help Teens Avoid Peer Pressure Situations
- The New York Times: How Parents can Stay Close to Grown-Up Children
- Parenting Beyond the Headlines: Talking About The Importance of the Middle School Years
- Washington Times Herald: Grandfamilies are Growing
- Chicago Tribune: Column: Middle School has a Lousy Reputation. (Frenemies! Hormones! Lockers!) New Book Aims to Change all That.
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Feeling Overwhelmed with Parenting Demands?
- Chop.edu News: Parent-targeted Interventions Improve Parent Communications with Teens about Alcohol Use, Sexual Behavior
- Grown & Flown: How to Get Along With Your Teen: Experts Weigh In on 6 Ideas
- Ask Dr. Bell: How Can Teens Get the Sleep They Need?
- Global Teens Today: Helping Kids to Find Purpose and Cultivate Personal Success
- Your Teen Magazine: Silence Is Not Golden: Teaching Communication Skills in Middle School
- CNN Health: More Young People, Especially Girls, are Attempting Suicide by Poisoning, Study Says
- The New York Times: How to Stop Thinking Your Teen Is ‘Pushing Your Buttons’
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: CHOP doctor: It’s Time for a Pro-Teenager Movement | Opinion
- CNN Health: The Lessons Parents Teach their Kids in Times of Crisis
- The New York Times: Drawing the Line Between Helping and Helicoptering
- The Daily Star: BOCES Forum Explores Ways Children Cope
- Cool Mom Picks: Completely Mind-Shifting Tips for Treasuring the Teen Years Instead of “Surviving” Them
- The Washington Post: Teen Suicides are on the Rise. Here’s What Parents can do to Slow the Trend.
- Eyewitness News: ‘Resilient Evansville’ Focuses on Building Youths Strengths by Fostering Their Resilience
- 14 News: Resilient Evansville Hosts Event to Discuss Children, Teenagers Mental Health
- Psychology Today: Disgusted by the College Admissions Scandal? Take Positive Action for Your Family
- Psychology Today: The Transformational Power of Love: Supporting Youth Resilience through Loving-Kindness
- Global Teens Today: How Long Does it Take for Teen Brains to Fully Develop?
- Journal of Adolescent Health: Why We Should Worry About 13 Reasons Why
- Grown & Flown: Parenting Never Ends: Do Teens Lack Impulse Control and Behavioral Brakes?
- The Mom Hour: Toddlers vs. Teenager
- Aish.com: Loving Our Teens Unconditionally
- The Wall Street Journal: The Right Way for Parents to Question Their Teenagers
- PodBean: Open Communication with Dr. Ginsburg
- Parenting Beyond the Headlines: Talking About Lighthouse Parenting
- Military Child Education Coalition: 7 C’s of Resiliency with Dr. Ginsburg
- NBC10: Chop’s Efforts to Stop the Stress Violence Can Cause in Children
- NBC10: Connecting Parents and Teens Through Hard Times
- Psychology Today: It’s About More Than Just Giving Thanks
- Grown & Flown: Why This Doctor Thinks We Need to Think About Parenting Teens a Very Different Way
- Metro Kids: Kids Need to Take Risks, But How Much?
- USA Today: Kids Can Be Happy After a Divorce. Here’s How Parents Can Make It Happen
- Grown & Flown: Our Daughter Spoke to Her Teacher About Her Mental Health Struggles. Here’s What Happened
- Grown & Flown: Parents and Teen Communication with Dr. Ginsburg
- Edit Your Life: Helping Teens Thrive
- Cornerstone: New Website Opens Digital Door for Improving Parent, Teen Communication
- ABC News: How the cave ordeal could affect the Thai soccer team’s mental health
- The Washington Post: 7 strategies to help your teen prepare for the rapidly changing work world
- Psychology Today: A Moment in Time For Teens
- Psychology Today: How We Communicate That We Love Our Teens (and what they might hear)
- Jewish Press: The Parenting Balancing Act
- Parenting Beyond the Headlines: Talking About Lighthouse Parenting
- Romper: 8 Absolute Truths Only a Lighthouse Mom Knows
- Romper: 8 Struggles Only Lighthouse Parents Can *Really* Understand
- East Bay Times: Parenting experiment, in Piedmont, advises how to raise teens into happy adults
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Health Tip of the Week: 3 Ways to Build Resilience in Your Child
- Psychology Today: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens About Tragic Event
- She Knows: Can Kids Benefit From Instability
- Your Teen Magazine: “I Hate My Teenager!” The Solution to Parenting When Angry
- Romper: 10 Things you can Learn from Lighthouse Moms, Because We’ve got it Figured out
- Your Teen Magazine: Getting Teenagers to Talk: 6 Helpful Tips to Loosen Lips
- Bench to Bedside: Center for Parent-Teen Communication Sees Adolescence as Age of Opportunity
- The Washington Post: Six Ways Parents can Stay Connected to Their Sons
- Mother Magazine: 10 Tips on Raising Optimistic Kids
- The Washington Post: Six Ways Parents and Schools can Teach Teens about Love
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