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Sharon Scott, LPC, LMFT, has been making a difference in peoples’ lives for 30 years though her international keynotes and workshops, her eight award-winning books, and her private counseling services.

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1 Saying “No” and Keeping Friends, Part 6—“It’s Simply Elementary!”
2 15 Ways to Deal with Name Calling
3 Saying “No” and Keeping Friends, Part 5
4 Saying “No” and Keeping Friends, Part 4
5 Saying “No” and Keeping Friends, Part 3
6 Saying "No" and Keeping Friends, Part 2
7 Saying “No” and Keeping Friends, Part 1
8 Peer Pressure Reversal: A Refresher
9 Kids Need to Help!
10 Underage Drinking Has Changed
11 Reducing Tantrums
12 Who Are The Bullies?
13 Technology Overtaxing Kids & Parents?
14 A Place to PAUSE
15 PAUSE? Are You Kidding Me?
16 Recipe for Disaster: A True Story
17 Parent’s Ghost of Childhood Past
18 Holiday Presents, Children and Creativity
19 Fighting Back to Bullying
20 Asking vs. Complaining
21 To Cyber-Parent or Not
22 Trust Your Instincts
23 Bullying—Within the Home!
24 Friend Peer Pressure
 

ANTS, Automatic Negative Thoughts Series:

Part 1 - ANTS: Automatic Negative Thoughts
Part 2: Polarized Thinking
Part 3: Filtering
Part 4 Catastropizing
Part 5: Overgeneralization
Part 6: "Mind Reading"
Part 7: Magnifying
Part 8: "Shoulds"

Peer Pressure:

What Would You Do? (A True Peer Pressure Story)

Peer Pressure and Sexting

Peer Pressure and Sexting

The IM Generation

Cyberbullying

Counselor's Corner: Peer Pressure and Accountability

School Starts and the Pressure Begins—Peer Pressure That Is!

Peer Pressure Myths: A War Zone for Children and Teens

PEER PRESSURE: Part 1 - Societal Changes Sophisticate Children and Teens

PEER PRESSURE: Part 2 - Societal Changes Sophisticate Children and Teens

Peer Proofing Your Child, Part 1

Peer Proofing Your Child, Part 2

Peer Proofing Your Child, Part 3

Peer Proofing Your Child, Part 4

Peer Proofing Your Child, Part 5

Peer Proofing Your Child, Part 6

Children School Age: Peer Proofing Your Child

Peer Pressure and the Discipline Connection

Self-Esteem and Peer Pressure

Self-Esteem and Peer Pressure, Part 2

Praise and The Delinquent Youth

The "Gift" of Praise

The Unintentional ‘Put-Down’ Praise

Counselor's Corner: Nourishing Your Child Emotionally

Peer Pressure and the ‘Discipline’ Connection

Helping Your Children With Peer Pressure Choices

OOPS! Adult Peer Pressure?

Adults Have Peer Pressure Too! (Part 2)

Relationships- Parent and Child - Family - Couples

Helping Your Child Through Loss and Grief

March Cleanup

A Performance Machine Lesson for Parenting Teens

Sibling Rivalry: Peace Begins With Me

New Year… New You? Stop Perfectionism, Relax More, and Spend Quality Time with Those You Love

The Five Languages of Apology

After Thanksgiving Shopping Not Needed!

Preventing Juvenile Delinquency

Can We Get More Impersonal? Helping Children Learn Interpersonal Skills in a Texting World

Better Parent Child Communication - Use the Love Map

Teaching Children Gratitude by Sharon Scott, LPC LMFT

What You Want When You Want It - Teaching Children to Share

Holidays Time to Slow Down and Make Memories

The Brain Drain: Think about how you can protect your family’s brains!

Responding to Your Kids "Yucky" Days

Don’t Forget the Couple!

Talk Your Way to Family Closeness

The Three Little Cockers and How They Grew

Smile Notes: Rank Does Have Its Privileges!

Counselor's Corner: How Technology Can Harm Your Child

The Number One and the New Year

Parent Child Communication - The Importance of a Pause

The Warmth of a Home

Counselor's Corner: The “In A Minute” Parent

Parenting and Discipline: The 1-Sentence Discipline

“Good Stock—And I’m Not Talking About Soup”

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Family Counselor Advice

Sharon Scott, LPC, LMFT, has been making a difference in peoples’ lives for 30 years though her international keynotes and workshops, her eight award-winning books, and her private counseling services. Five of her books are a charming series for elementary-age children that she "co-authored" with her savvy cocker spaniel Nicholas. Each beautifully illustrated book teaches a valuable living skill such as managing emotions in Life’s Not Always Fair, building character in Nicholas’ Values, and making wise choices in Too Smart for Trouble. Sharon’s best-seller for teens is How to Say No and Keep Your Friends, 2nd Ed. Her books are available from HRD Press, 800-822-2801 orwww.hrdpress.com/SharonScott . For more information on Sharon’s many workshop topics that she can bring to your child’s school or community, please see her website at www.SharonScott.com.

 

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The guide for parentseducators on how to peer-proof children and teens is Peer Pressure Reversal: An Adult Guide to Developing a Responsible Child, 2nd Ed.

 

 


Her best-selling book for teens,How to Say No and Keep Your Friends, 2nd Ed., empowers kids to stand out—not just fit in!

 

 

 

 

A follow-up book for teens,When to Say Yes! And MakeFriends,shows adolescents how to select and meet quality friends and, in general, feel good for doing and being good.

 

 

 


Sharon also has a charming series of five books for elementary-age children each teaching an important living skill and  "co-authored” with her savvy cocker spaniel Nicholas who makes the learning fun. Their book on managing elementary-age peer pressure is titled Too Smart for Trouble.

 

Sharon is the author of eight award-winning books including four on the topic of peer pressure.

 

 

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