If you have a question about parenting teens, please feel free to ask Bridget.

Having Trouble "Life Coaching" My Teen--Is Something Wrong With Me as a Parent?
"I LOVE your Teen Life Coaching 12-Week Program. I bought it to go through with my two teenagers. My son is responding very well and loves it, but my daughter gets irritated and refuses to go through it with me anymore. She likes that she is learning how to budget so she can move out, how to interview for a job, and how to find her true passion in life; BUT she says she wants a Teen Life Coach (TLC) instead because I am not being impartial enough. Am I doing something wrong?"

Should I Read My Teen's Private Journal?
"I am having a HUGE dilemma with my teen!! Should I read my teen's journal and private message boards? If so, when? If not, then why not? Please help!"

Help! My Teen Used To Be A Good Student
"My teenager used to be a good student—A’s and B’s—and now has seem to have lost interest in studying and doing homework, and says he doesn’t like school anymore and doesn’t see the point. I have grounded him from everything because his grades have fallen. This has caused numerous arguments..."

Dad Looking for Help With Teenage Son
"I’m a single dad, never married, and I have custody of my 13-year old boy. My son’s mother was never in the picture and I have no idea of her whereabouts, as she was a drug addict when she left us. She has only made contact with us 4 times in the last 13 years..."

How to co-parent (a teenager!!) when you are divorced
"I need help! I am divorced from my daughter’s father and our daughter, *Mandy, is sixteen and is beginning to become defiant with me. She doesn’t want to follow my rules any longer and wants to live with her dad, who is such a push over in my opinion. Mandy..."