Course Category: Teens & Young Adults

Recorded Discussion

Stress and Trauma in Children, how to help your child

April 10, 2025 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

Is Your Child Stressed or Struggling? Learn the Signs and How to Help

Children don’t always have the words to express their worries, but changes in behavior, mood, sleep, or school performance can be signs of stress or even trauma. Is your child more irritable, withdrawn, or anxious than usual? Do they have trouble sleeping, concentrating, or managing emotions? Do you have other concerns about your child these days? 

Watch or listen to this warm and engaging conversation about how to recognize signs of distress in your child and respond in ways that help them feel safe, connected, and resilient. You’ll gain practical strategies to support your child’s emotional well-being and create a sense of security at home. You’re not alone—let’s navigate this together!

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  • Have a specific question or challenge? Email us, and we’ll send you tailored links to live workshops, on-demand resources, podcasts, blogs and more. And if you need personalized support, you can connect with an expert for one-on-one support too. Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com
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School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication mental health stress
Recorded Workshop

Kids and Money: Raise Financially Savvy Children

April 23, 2025 7:30 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

Financial literacy is an essential life skill, yet it’s often a challenging topic to discuss — especially when it comes to teaching our children. Don’t know where to start? Join us for an engaging virtual workshop designed to help you set your kids up for financial success. 

We’ll explore key concepts tailored to every age and stage, from using allowances to build money management skills to introducing the idea of retirement savings. We’ll also dive into the essentials of online spending—helping kids understand digital purchases, in-app spending, and the importance of protecting personal information. Connect with other parents and Peace at Home experts as we share practical, age-appropriate strategies for nurturing your child’s financial confidence and understanding.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence
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  • If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
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School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication discipline independence money
Recorded Workshop

Help Your Child Make Friends: When to Lean In and When to Let Go (2025)

December 13, 2022 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Aaron Weintraub Aaron Weintraub,MS, Curriculum Advisor

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert led live class. A recording of the class with handouts will be available once the class is complete.

Does your child have trouble making and keeping friends? 

Are you unsure about how to help? 

We all hope that our children will make meaningful connections with peers and mentors. When they struggle with making friends, it is difficult not to worry. Often, our first instinct is to try to teach specific social skills and manners, but the truth is that strong relationships come from the inside out. What we call charisma can be broken down into empathy and confidence. Self-awareness and self-acceptance are the foundation of your child’s social life.

  • Click the button above to watch this previously recorded workshop. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence.
  • Questions? Email our parent guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com
  • Check out the Resource Pages and Quick Video Solutions Library, for School Aged kids. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes.
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School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication friendships
Recorded Workshop

Balancing Your Teen’s Independence and Safety (2025)

June 12, 2023 8:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Amy Alamar Amy Alamar,EdD

Challenges & Solutions

Do you want to promote independence in your teen or tween, but want to also keep them safe? Join us to explore important brain changes in your teen’s brain and why fostering independence is so important at this stage of development. Teens and tweens still need a lot of guidance and support, and it’s also important to strive toward independence as well. At the same time, boundaries are still important. How do you balance it all? Join other parents and Peace At Home expert in this virtual workshop to discuss strategies to promote independence in your tween or teen while focusing on safety along the way.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. 
  • Questions? Email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • Check out the Quick Video Solutions Library, Teen Age Library- Support, Inspire and Connect Library. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes, including Talking to Teens: Communication for Connection and Positive Connections for More Cooperation for Teens
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Teens & Young Adults
Tags
independence teen safety
Recorded Workshop

Unlock Your Teen’s Potential and Build Resilience: Teach Essential Life Skills (2025)

January 16, 2024 8:00 pm EDT/EST

Experts

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Amy Alamar Amy Alamar,EdD Peace At Home Parenting Expert Marc Lehman Marc Lehman,LMFT

Challenges & Solutions

As your child moves through adolescence they may act like they know it all or resist parent guidance. However, over the course of middle and high school, they will undoubtedly get a crash course in self-doubt, rejection, love, and adventure. They will face important challenges like college or job applications, planning for their future and a lot more.

Help your child discover and embrace their independence with skills that will help them thrive. From doing laundry to changing tires to handling finances, practical knowledge and skills will strengthen resilience and emotional wellbeing.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. 
  • Questions? Email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • For additional support, check out the Resource Page on Teens and Young Adults and our Quick Video Solutions Library.  Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes. 
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Teens & Young Adults
Tags
guide resilience
Recorded Workshop

Get on the Same Page: Practical Steps to Resolve Parenting Style Conflicts (2025)

January 28, 2025 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Experts

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW Peace at Home Parenting Expert Aaron Weintraub Aaron Weintraub,MS, Curriculum Advisor

Challenges & Solutions

Each of us grows up in a unique family and when we come together as a couple, we don’t usually talk about our parenting beliefs until children are actually on the scene. Parenting differences between partners can be helpful, but over time those conflicting styles can become problematic. These differences can cause undue stress on a marriage and on children as well. But there are practical strategies you can use to get on the same page about common parenting disagreements. 

We’ll touch on sugar, screens and children’s emotions as examples of key areas where parents may differ. Join us to understand conflicting parenting styles and gain strategies to resolve your conflicts as a team. 

Join Peace at Home Founder Ruth Freeman, LCSW and Advisor and Expert, Aaron Weintraub, MS, to start the new year on the same page. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence.
  • Check out our Resource Page and Quick Video Solution Library, Peace at Home Starts Here. Explore the Videos and Handouts on lots of great topics to use to get on the same page. 
  • Have a specific question or challenge? Email us, and we’ll send you tailored links to live workshops, and on-demand resources, or connect you with an expert for one-on-one support. Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com
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All, Parent Wellbeing Prenatal & Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
balance communication CoParenting Family Parenting Styles Parents Communication Positive Relationships mental health self-care work-life working parent
Recorded Workshop

Who Owns the Problem? Hint, It’s Not You. How To Teach Problem Solving and Resilience (2025)

May 15, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

  • Do you find yourself trying to solve your child’s problems?
  • Do you sometimes get into conflict about problems that aren’t really yours to solve?
  • Do you wish your child would be more effective at dealing with challenges? 

When you recognize who “owns” a problem, you can determine who is responsible for solving it. Once you know which problems are yours to solve and which problems are your child’s responsibility to solve, life gets a lot easier.

We often fall into conflicts when we try to solve our kids’ problems. And most importantly, when teens perceive that they are problem solvers, they are less likely to use substances, less likely to harm themselves or others and they are all around more competent. When you teach your child problem solving skills, you are strengthening their emotional intelligence. This asset will help them succeed in relationships, at work and in most endeavors now and in the future. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. 
  • If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • Check out the Resource Page and Quick Video Solutions Library. Peace at Home Starts Here. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes.
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School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication Connections emotions
Recorded Workshop

Perfectionism and Your Family: Find Calm, Connection and Cooperation in Letting Go (2025)

March 23, 2023 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

It has been said that perfectionism is a trait that makes life an endless report card on accomplishments or appearances. Join us to discover how perfectionism can affect you and your children, and strategies that you can use to reduce it within your family.  The tendency toward perfectionism has increased significantly among young people over the past 30 years. It can be associated with depression, anxiety, eating disorders and even suicide. The needs to feel accepted and to be cared about tend to drive perfectionism and without treatment, may get worse over time. 

Perfectionists strive for flawlessness in themselves and/or in others. If you’re wondering whether you have these tendencies, the chances are that you do to one degree or another. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this previously hosted discussion.  Learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. 
  • If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • Check out the Resource Page and Quick Video Solutions Library. Peace at Home Starts Here. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes.
Ages
Prenatal & Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication emotions perfectionism
Recorded Workshop

Take Some of the Stress out of Parenting (2025)

April 09, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

Parents are less stressed when their kids cooperate. Children are more cooperative when they feel positively connected with their parents. This interactive class will help you recognize myths and misunderstandings that get in the way of creating a calm, joyful family life. You will have a chance to ask questions and get answers on the spot. You will also receive helpful handouts to look back on when you are trying out new approaches.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • Check out the Resource Page and Quick Video Solutions Library for additional support. Peace at Home Starts Here.  Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes.
Ages
Prenatal & Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication cooperation emotions
Recorded Workshop

Raise Resilient Teens: Strengthening Connection and Optimism in Challenging Times – Emory Exclusive (2)

April 22, 2025 12:00 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

A Two-Part Workshop for Parents

Adolescence is a time of growth, change, and increasing autonomy—but it can also bring challenges related to mental health, social pressures, and identity development. Research consistently shows that a strong parent-child relationship is one of the most powerful protective factors for a child’s well-being. But what actually makes that relationship with your child strong? 

In this interactive two-part workshop you will gain evidence-based strategies to strengthen resilience, foster optimism, and support your tweens and teens as they navigate today’s complex world.

Session 1: The Power of Connection–Protecting Mental Health and Social Development  (3.26.25 12pm) This session focuses on how positive parent-youth relationships serve as a critical buffer against anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Learn More about this session here.

Session 2: Preparing for Independence – Communication, Resilience & the Path to Adulthood. As tweens and teens prepare for adulthood, the way you communicate and set expectations plays a crucial role in your youth’s ability to launch successfully.  In this session at 12pm on April 22nd,  we’ll continue our focus on how positive parent-youth relationships serve as a critical buffer against anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

Each session will include evidence-based strategies, interactive discussions, and actionable takeaways to strengthen your relationship with your tween or teen. Whether your child is struggling or thriving, these workshops will provide valuable insights to help them develop the resilience, optimism, and skills they need to navigate adolescence and confidently transition into adulthood.

Adolescence is a time when parents need lots of support. Don’t go it alone. Join us and parents like yourself for this evidence-based, engaging series. Gain the knowledge and tools to nurture strong, resilient, and optimistic tweens and teens.

Join Peace at Home Founder Ruth Freeman, LCSW, and Suzanne Levy, Ph.D., internationally recognized licensed clinical psychologist and co-developer of Attachment-Based Family Therapy International.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence.
  • For additional support, check out the Peace at Home Resource Pages on Teens, Mental Health and more.
  • If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com
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Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication emotions independence mental health