Raising kids has a lot of scary potential scenarios. One of the scariest is if your son gets addicted to drugs. Here are important thoughts around the subject, and in particular, what not to say to parents who find themselves facing it.
The Struggle a Father Sees in a Ten-Year-Old’s Plea for A Smart Phone
Has your child asked for a smartphone? This dad weighs in.
Living A High Risk Life as a Dad of a Reckless Teen
When we see our teens spiraling, our first impulse can be to step in and try to take control...
“My kid will be the death of me.”
Your Teen Crossed The Law: It’s Time To Review Your Family’s Asset Protection Plan
What happens when your kid turns criminal? How do you protect the family while trying to save him or her?
Taking A Step Back: Getting a Good Look at My Sensitive Child’s Needs
Tyler Jacobson’s son is sensitive. He has decided that dad is going to be as well.
Is The FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) Not Just A Problem For Teens Anymore?
Did you urgently check your smartphone to read this article? You may be suffering from FOMO. Don’t worry, Tyler Jacobson has a cure. Here it is.
What Doctors Have to Say About Jumping to an ADHD Diagnosis
Are well meaning professionals saying that boys have ADHD too quickly? Tyler Jacobson explores the question.
Utilizing The Arbinger Principles At Home With Your Boys
The Arbinger Principles might be new to some people so Tyler Jacobson explains how they can help parents have the tools to help their children acquire necessary life skills.
Helicopter Parenting: 2016’s Parenting Issue of the Year
Parents with children of all ages have had an eventful year. Breastfeeding, mommy-shaming, and helicopter parenting have been some of the biggest issues with the strongest potential for division. While I advocate breastfeeding and believe bullying in all forms is abhorrent behavior, I want to focus on the dangers of helicopter parenting.
Raising a Troubled Teen? Stop Helicoptering
It’s important to recognize how being a helicopter parent can backfire. Instead, learn how to protect your rebellious teen.
How Teen Vaping Can Mask Potential Drug Abuse
Vaping has some hidden dangers of which parents should be aware. Tyler Jacobson is here to point them out for you!
How Dads Can Become the Super Hero Their Kids Love
Tyler Jacobson is calling on this generation of fathers to become super heroes to their kids. Here is how.
How Dads Can Raise Clean Teens In A Substance Abusing Family
You have managed to escape the family curse of substance abuse but now that your own children are approaching their teen years you are worried about allowing them to have contact with the rest of your family. Don’t worry dad! Help is here.
It is Time for Dads to be Known for Their Mastery of Emotional Intelligence
Intrapersonal intelligence encompasses our understanding of our emotions and of the way we think about not only our emotions but our emotional place in the world. It is time that dads be known as masters of these skills rather than he suppressors of them.
Essential Life Skills Most Fathers Forget To Teach Their Sons
Most dads tend to focus on the more traditionally "manly" life lessons and that’s totally okay. Teach what you know, right? But some dads forget they know these things.
Most dads tend to focus on the more traditionally “manly” life lessons and that’s totally okay. Teach what you know, right? But some dads forget they know these things.
Knowing When It Is Too Late To Helicopter Parent Your Troubled Teen
Tyler Jacobson offers alternatives to ‘helicopter parenting’ troubled teens. — Sometimes teens go from normal teenage angst to troubled teen in the blink of an eye leaving us parents shell shocked and wondering what to do next. In this situation one of the normal reactions is to become a ‘helicopter’ parent who has to know…