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The available parent of any tween/teen is open to discourse, offers advice and problem-solving (but doesn't insist on it). She allows her child to make some faults, sets limits (principally where health and safety are concerned), never lectures, is offered but not handling. The available parent is self-aware, keeps her own emotions in balance when working with her teen, is unconditionally loving and accepting, open to new and various ways of pondering, neither cruel nor dismissive - ever. The available parent is fun and funny, brings levity to the most tense situation, and her availableness is complete. The available parent fosters a fantastic teen. Dr. John Duffy, a clinical psychologist with a thriving private practice, and whose highly satisfied corporate and business clients include Sears, Allstate, General Electric, Home Financial, Exxon Mobil, Accenture, Standard bank of America and Hewitt Affiliates, can demonstrate how to be one, and breathe easier as a 13th birthday techniques.
