Our kids feel stressed. And why wouldn’t they? They have pressures from school, teachers, peers, and a thousand after-school resume building activities to manage. As they get older, the stress mounts as they begin to make decisions about alcohol, drugs, sex, and their entire future! As parents, we want to be helpful, want to impart our years of brilliant, hard earned wisdom to our children to protect them and guide them through these challenging years. But all too often, our efforts to help are met with resistance -- the annoyed, side-eyed glance; the eye roll; the deep sigh; or the dreaded “You just don’t get it!” Parenting through this time can be a challenge. Our stressed-out child may need something from us that might be missing, and our initial efforts to fix the problem may not be quite what they actually need. The good news is that there are effective, efficient ways that you can parent your child or teen through these complicated years. This session gave parents a few more tools for their parenting survival kit.