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I’ll go ahead and answer that question for you (though my goal is always to help you arrive at your own answers)…

“I continue to catch my 13 year old lying. It’s usually about doing chores or homework, but we recently caught her lying about her friend’s parents being home when she was spending the night at her friend’s house. How do we fix the constant lying?”

“I’m getting emails and calls from teachers saying my teen is distracting, misbehaving, and off task at school. This isn’t like my kid at all. Help!”

I eliminated the accusatory, “Why” and gave them the power — by inviting them to lead me to the outcome that gives them the most peace and results in fewer adults being on their backs (let’s be honest, most adolescents do not want to be questioned by adults).