What Six Months of Teen Mentoring Looks Like: Sessions, Texting Between Meetings, and Parent Involvement Six months of teen mentoring usually includes regular sessions, support by text or phone between meetings, and parent consultations along the way. Progress builds step by step. Evolution Mentoring and Coaching offers mentoring and life coaching for teens in Mill…
Bringing a Teen Mentoring Workshop to Your School or Parent Group in Marin County AI Overview Paragraph: A teen mentoring workshop brings practical lessons on communication, confidence, and pressure to students, parents, and school staff. Jeffrey Leiken, MA, leads workshops and speaking programs for schools, parent groups, and organizations in Marin County and beyond. Start…
Teens and AI: Chatbot Friends, Homework Shortcuts, and What Parents Can Do Many teens now use AI chatbots for homework help and even companionship. Parents can respond with curiosity, clear boundaries, and steady conversations about honesty, learning, and real friendships. Evolution Mentoring and Coaching helps Marin County families through mentoring for teens and parent consultations.…
Your Young Adult Is Back Home and Stuck: How Parents Can Help Without Rescuing When a young adult moves back home and stalls, parents help most by setting clear expectations, supporting skills instead of solving problems, and staying calm and consistent. An outside mentor can speed progress. Evolution Mentoring and Coaching offers mentoring for young…
Mentoring for Sensitive, Intense Teen Girls: A Guide for Marin County Parents Mentoring gives sensitive, intense teen girls in Marin County a steady adult who helps them build confidence, soften a harsh inner critic, and handle friendships and pressure. Jeffrey Leiken, MA, offers life coaching for teen girls in Mill Valley and online, and parents…
No one knows what it’s like to be the parent of “that kid” until you’ve been the parent of “that kid.” No one. That’s a fact. I know. I have been one. And over the last 30 years, I’ve met countless other parents who do too. The stories vary, but the experiences are remarkably similar.…
I Don’t “Treat” Teen Anxiety. I Resolve What Causes It. “ “Anxiety” is becoming the single most self- or parent-diagnosed condition among teenagers. What is anxiety? Anxiety is the physical manifestation of a person hyper-overreacting to a perceived threat—typically not an actual threat. With their limited maturity and unsophisticated understanding of the world, teenagers fear…
When Teens Are Overwhelmed by Peer Pressure and School Stress Teens being overwhelmed by peer pressure and school stress is not, in itself, cause for a mental illness diagnosis or treatment! There is another way. What it is a sign of is that they are dealing with too many things that feel complicated to them—making…
I have a side hobby of making up new “mental health” diagnoses that I think should exist, but don’t yet. Yes, it’s partly for my own entertainment. But it’s also a way of acknowledging phenomena that are clearly unhealthy and largely unaddressed. Introducing: Grade Dysphoria (GD) Grade Dysphoria is the condition by which certain…
What if the very sensitivity you fear will hold your son back is actually his greatest untapped strength? You recognize his high intellectual…