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Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam

Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam

Hosted by: Dr. Cam—The Teen Translator

Parenting Teens Got You Stressed? 🎙️ Dr. Cam—The Teen Translator—Has Answers! Raising teenagers can feel like navigating a minefield—one wrong step, and BOOM… attitude, resistance, or complete shutdown. If you’re...

Episodes

Teaching Your Teen the Art of Arguing

Season #1 Episode #23

Ever look at your teen and think, "Why won't you just do as I ask without all the pushback?" Me too! But we're thinking about it wrong. We're thinking our teen is disrespectful and defiant when they argue. What we...
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Helping Teens Deal With Distance Learning

Season #1 Episode #24

In this episode, my daughter Alexa has agreed to join me to talk about the school year. She had a week to mourn not being able to go back physically (aka complain and sulk freely) and now we need to address her...
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More on Motivating Teens

Season #1 Episode #25

How do you motivate an unmotivated teen? Many parents are struggling with this dilemma now that our kids are all learning from home. We've tried bribing, threatening, nagging, yelling...nothing seems to work. Today I...
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Power of the Vote

Season #1 Episode #26

As I wait for the results of the presidential election to come in, I realize there are two big lessons we can learn about this experience to help us with parenting teens: The power of the vote and the power of...
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Grades, College & Careers with Deepali Vyas

Season #1 Episode #163

If you are one of the many parents who are laser-focused on setting your teen up for future success by prioritizing their grades and building up their resume in order to get into the right college so they can get a...
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Helping teens succeed with non-verbal learning disabilities with Megan Suggitt

Season #1 Episode #79

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Megan Suggitt, youth worker and founder of Beautiful Minds. Megan’s passion for starting Beautiful Minds was through her own personal experiences navigating the educational system...
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Getting Our Teens into College with Dr. Gena Lester

Season #1 Episode #77

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with COLLEGE ADMISSIONS EXPERT and author of the international best-seller College Admissions Secrets, Dr. Gena Lester. She developed “U-Niquely-U,” a system which helps teens discover...
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Pushing aside our ego with Kamladevi Sharma

Season #1 Episode #62

In this episode, Dr. Cam is joined by Kamladevi Sharma, an international speaker on work-life balance. . Sharma has been featured on several podcasts and magazines internationally and, she is passionate about growth...
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What is non-binary and heteronormativity? A Gen Z perspective

Season #1 Episode #51

In this episode, Dr. Cam is joined by her awesome niece and quintessential gen Zer, Madi.  They cover how this generation is navigating "adulting" and growing up with social media.  Madi also shares her coming out...
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Setting teens up for success with Christa Downey

Season #1 Episode #50

What do you do when you have a clear vision of what your teen needs to succeed (the school, the degree, the job...), but your teen isn't buying into it? In this episode, Dr. Cam is joined by Christa Downey, Cornell...
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Priorities vs commitments: How to keep them aligned

Season #1 Episode #49

I have been doing a long of internal reflection lately (mostly in the middle of the night) and made a harsh realization I want to share with you---in case you're having the same concerns. If you're feeling scattered,...
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When things don't go the way you planned (The car alarm)

Season #1 Episode #9

If you're like me, you get frustrated when your picture-perfect plans get derailed--and it happens a lot when we have teens. Here's a quick tip on how to handle it. 
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