Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam

Dr. Cam
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Apr 16, 2021 • 26min

Getting Our Teens into College with Dr. Gena Lester

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with COLLEGE ADMISSIONS EXPERT and author of the international best-seller College Admissions Secrets, Dr. Gena Lester. She developed “U-Niquely-U,” a system which helps teens discover themselves and find the perfect fit and best match in the college selection process.  Dr. Lester is also a mom, who helped her three children secure college scholarship offers totaling over $1.5 million combined. Dr. Lester and Dr. Cam talk about:  1) What changes in college admission COVID ushered in. 2) How to navigate these changes and standout in the process when activities were canceled. 3) What your teen can do to this semester to impact their college application. If you have a teen considering college, you're not going to want to miss this. Dr. Lester is also going to be my guest on the Parenting Teens Power Hour. If you haven't registered to be part of this FREE webinar series for parents, you can sign up here.   Connect with Dr. Gena Lester Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter   Connect with Dr. Cam at www.AskDrCam.com
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Apr 7, 2021 • 20min

Connecting the special needs family with Annie Treml

In today's episode, Dr. Cam talks with Special Needs Family Strategist Annie Treml. Having grown up the eldest sibling to a person with disabilities, Annie, a former school psychologist, now helps parents navigate the complex sibling dynamic between typically-developing children and children with disabilities. Her shame-free no-nonsense approach ensures both feel equally loved and valued, while making sure everyone’s needs get met. Annie and Dr. Cam discuss how typically-developing teens in special needs families may appear fine, but often are highly conflicted internally and struggle with self-identity, self-advocacy, and connection. Annie teaches us how to spot the hidden signals that your typically-developing child needs support & resources.   Connect with Annie Treml Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Facebook Group   Connect with Dr. Cam at www.askdrcam.com   Want more tips and strategies for parenting teens? Be sure to join Dr. Cam for the Parenting Teens Power Hour. Register for FREE at https://www.askdrcam.com/powerhour.   If you found this episode helpful, please rate, review, and share the love with a friend.
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Mar 30, 2021 • 25min

How to help your teen find their unique purpose with Tricia Cooper

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Restoration coach, Tricia Cooper. Tricia helps people rediscover and restore a life of worth, adventure, and purpose through mental discipline, emotional awareness, spiritual balance, and loving relationships. Tricia is also the mom of 7 (5 of her own and 2 bonus). Tricia and Dr. Cam talk about how to help our teens find and appreciate their unique talents, gifts, and purpose.   Connect with Tricia Cooper: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter   Connect with Dr. Cam: https://linktr.ee/drcam   If you found this episode with Tricia helpful, please rate, review, and share with a friend. We appreciate the love!
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Mar 30, 2021 • 22min

Helping teens with anxiety with Rebecca Marcus, LCSW

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Rebecca Marcus, LCSW, a trauma-informed, integrative psychotherapist in the NYC area. Rebecca specializes in anxiety and relationships. She helps young adults, teens, and tweens to develop self-awareness and build effective coping skills to break free from anxiety and stress while accessing one’s own inner resilience, strength, and wisdom. In this episode, Rebecca and Dr. Cam cover: How to identify and recognize signs of anxiety in yourself and your teen. Tips to regulate your nervous the system to better manage anxiety.   Connect with Rebecca Marcus: Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn   Connect with Dr. Cam: https://linktr.ee/drcam   If you found this episode helpful, please rate, review, and share with a friend that could benefit from it as well.  
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Mar 27, 2021 • 21min

Chatting about homeschooling with Dr. Cam's daughter Lexy

In this episode, Dr. Cam invites her teen daughter, Lexy, to join her to talk about how homeschooling is going so far.  They started this new journey just 3 weeks ago after a lot of hard discussions, tears, and soul searching.  Lexy, a high school freshman, speaks openly and honestly about why she wanted to leave the public school system and how she feels about homeschooling (and having her mom in charge of her education).  If you and your teens are contemplating homeschooling or struggling with public school, you won't want to miss this episode.   Connect with Dr. Cam (and Lexy) at www.askdrcam.com   If you found this episode with Lexy helpful, please rate, review, and share with a friend. We appreciate the love!
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Mar 26, 2021 • 15min

Parenting by modeling vs controlling with Caleb Kidd Coy

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Caleb Kidd Coy, a legacy consultant who loves helping others become epic legacy heroes to their family's and loved ones. As a husband, father, entrepreneur & mentor, he finds great joy in serving others. He encourages people to think independently, grow exponentially, transform internally & to succeed while overcoming adversity in all aspects of life. During this interview, Caleb shares his own personal journey growing up as a teen with strict parents, his near death experience due to a drug overdose, and his current challenges raising teens of his own. Caleb wants to offer a message of hope and let parents know that sometimes letting go can be the hardest part when it comes to teenagers. What is crucial is that we remain a consistent presence of love, affirmation, support and encouragement, even when we cannot physically be there for them.   Connect with Caleb Kidd Coy Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter Caleb is also offering listeners a FREE Health Care Document set ($300 value).   Contact Dr. Cam at www.AskDrCam.com   If you found this episode with Caleb insightful, please share the love: rate, review, and share with a friend. Thanks!
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Mar 24, 2021 • 23min

How our beliefs impact our parenting with Sheila Doerfler

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Sheila Doerfler (@SheilaDoerfler), founder of Luminescent Being about PSYCH-KÂŽ and how it can help our mindset as a parent. Sheila has over 30 years of healing experience in a variety of modalities helping people heal trauma & rewrite subconscious programs to find more freedom & wholeness. An avid traveler, Sheila has moved overseas several times & currently lives near Melbourne, Australia with her family. In this episode we talk about how our own behavior (aka modeling) impacts our teen’s beliefs and coping skills. If we model blame, anger, overwhelm & impatience, we pass those habitual behaviors onto them. Connect with Sheila Doerfler Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn   Connect with Dr. Cam at www.AskDrCam.com   If you found value in my conversation with Sheila, please rate and review so other parents can find this episode too! Thank you.
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Mar 23, 2021 • 32min

Empowering our teen girls with Jessica Scott

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks to Jessica Scott (@jessscottcoaching), a relationship coach for Alpha Women about empowering our teen daughters. As a former single mother, she realized much of her journey both in parenting in her own work and personal life was about growing herself up and learning to re-parent herself. She is passionate about giving women the tools that are lacking in society so women can truly thrive in being who they’re here to be. Jessica and Dr. Cam talk about: How to help our children identify their needs, so they can grow into adults with boundaries. How to not *just* encourage our daughters to be strong, which can come at a cost later.   Connect with Jessica Scott Website | Facebook | Instagram    Connect with Dr. Cam at www.AskDrCam.com   If you found this episode with Jessica helpful, please rate and review so other parents that have teen daughters can find this episode as well. They’ll thank you for it.
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Mar 21, 2021 • 24min

The secret to being a supportive parent with Dr. Nanyamka Redmond

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Dr. Nanyamka Redmond, an applied developmental research scientist who specializes in positive youth development of adolescents. Dr. Redmond's research and practice focus on the impact of supportive relationships on character development, performance, and wellbeing particularly in young athletes. Dr. Redmond and Dr. Cam talk about • The secret to being a supportive parent. • Why being curious about your teen’s life is so important. • How the desire to learn from them is just as important as (if not MORE important than) teaching them.    Connect with Dr. Redmond Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Connect with Dr. Cam at www.askdrcam.com   If you found these insights and tips helpful, please rate and review so other parents can find this episode as well. Thank you!
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Mar 20, 2021 • 30min

Teaching teens to drive without losing our mind with Todd Avery

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Todd Avery (@SafeDrivingCoach), Delaware Valley's Favorite Driving Instructor. Well recognized in the Philadelphia region as an obsessed car enthusiast and a highly personable and dedicated driving instructor, Todd is focused on ensuring a pleasant experience and promoting driver and passenger safety. For the past 15 years, he has coached hundreds of drivers. In addition to teaching new drivers the "rules of the road," Todd is an experienced classroom and race track coach for performance drivers. Teaching and coaching all ages of drivers is Todd's passion. Todd's philosophy is quite simple: “I want the safest, most responsible, most attentive drivers on the road." If you found Todd’s driving advice helpful, please like, comment, and share with friends and family that have new drivers in the home.   Connect with Todd Avery: Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube   Connect with Dr. Cam at www.askdrcam.com   If you found these tips helpful, please take a moment to rate and review so other parents can find this advice as well. Thank you!

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