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Hi Mark, I am half way through reading the ebook. As I have read many books of this nature, it is always a good reminder. While being an assertive parent already {although I realise I can brush up on my skills}, my latest challenge comes with many complexities. My 15 year old daughter has had many different diagnosies from mild aspergers to borderline personality disorder, the latter being the most appropriate. While I have been relatively successful with my power of influence I am having great difficulty in keeping her in at night as alcohol is her latest passion. She was involved or maybe I should say instigated an alcohol-induced decision to have a party at my parent’s house. This involved a lot of damage to the house and my fathers brand new Jaguar. So as you can imagine this did not go over too well. She has suffered the consequences, which was an apology, loss of her allowance for 10 weeks and no internet access. I know she felt very remorseful but her guilt led her t...

My daughter is 15 and very mean to me in the home. I am the disciplinarian, single parent. She is involved in youth group and very spiritual outside the home. We went to counseling with our paster but she still behaves badly with me. (I was just called an idiot by the way because I am typing to loud.) Is it "ok" to ground her for periods of time from youth group? It is her only activity. B. ----------------------- Absolutely! Youth group attendance is a privilege, not a right. www.MyOutOfControlTeen.com

Hi Ann, >>>>>>>>>>>>> I’ve commented below. Our 15 (almost 16 year old) son went to a friend’s house last night for a party. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did he “earn” this privilege? If so, how? The parents were home ...the grandmother was there ...they assured me that they would have a close eye on the kids and when I picked him up this morning them other assured me that they were all good. I know the boy whose house the party was at is wild and know that he bragged about having alcohol there. I picked my son up and he seemed fine. I have software that allows me to monitor his conversations online. Others are typing him about his "condition" last night and he is bragging about not knowing what he was doing and typed that he was "hoaking" (may be a typo but wondering if this slang word means anything to you?!!?!) I don’t know now what to do? >>>>>>>>>>>>>...

HELP! We just recently began your program (1 wk ago or so). It is working well with our 15 year old son, not so great with the 17 year old. The older son is definitely our strong willed child who seems to fit the 'class clown' scenario well. Here's the issue. The older son.... He is on internet school. His car privileges had already been previously suspended (pending his retaining a job to pay for his own insurance, gas, repairs etc - he was abusing our giving natures) so we grounded him for 3 days for an 'infraction'. My husband typically works from home so he is able to 'monitor' the older sons activities (which also was a bit of a issue as the older son would just about work my husband to death emoting and arguing). This week however my husband is working away from the house. The older son chose to leave the house on Sunday (his last day of grounding). He came home after we were already in bed and then chose again to leave the house for the entir...

Help Mark, I just intercepted an email of my son’s where he's asking people if they want to buy pot from him. WHAT DO I DO TO STOP HIM? ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` If your son's potential drug use / drug dealing has been purely recreational, you may only need to clearly state your position regarding abstinence and then closely monitor his behavior. If your son is more deeply into substance abuse, seek the advice of a behavioral health or substance abuse professional. Click here for more info... Mark

Mark ...C.S. here. I thought your website was a scam when I read that you were only charging people 19 bucks for your ebook, plus audio, plus video, plus power points, plus access to you for coaching, plus a bunch of bonus parenting ebooks, and so on. I even called you to make sure you were for real ...remember? Well anyway, thank God this Online Parent Support is for real, and thank you for providing so much for so little. But I have to ask: Why do you only charge $19.99 for this ...I think you are under-estimating the value of what you offer. C.S. ---------------------------- Hi C.S., I get asked this a lot. But here's the deal: $19.99 is not a whole lot of money to most people in the U.S. But at least 50% of parents who join Online Parent Support live elsewhere (e.g., AU, CA, IE, NZ, UK, ZA, etc.) and would simply not be able to afford the ebook if it were over 20 bucks. Too many cannot afford it at $19.99 (in which case, I turn the parent onto Online Parent Supp...

Mark Hutten, M.A. received his Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Norwich University. He works for: · Madison County Juvenile Probation · Madison County Correctional Complex · The Community Justice Center · The Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force · Sowers of Seeds Counseling Mark performs home-based counseling for families experiencing difficulty with their child's emotional and behavioral problems, and conducts the following group therapies for court-ordered individuals (although many volunteer): · Parent Education Training · Anger Management Group · Relapse Prevention Group · Drug/Alcohol Workshop · Sex Offender Group Mark is the creator of the Parent-Teen Support Group (a "parents only" group for parents with ‘out of control’ teenagers), the author of ‘My Out-of-Control Teen’ eBook, and the founder of Online Parent Support. Mark began counseling teens and pre-teens in 1988. All of his current adolescent clients are on probation/parol...