Parent universities help moms, dads deal with modern teen

Like many parents raising a teenager, Bob Rettger was at wit's end.

He would criticize his daughter's non-stop texting and the drama surrounding her friends, which would lead to an ugly battle. She'd scream. He'd scream. She'd storm off to her room.

He couldn't figure out how to get through to her.

That was until he attended a parenting lecture at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Ill. The tools he learned that day and in the months that followed changed his relationship with his daughter. First, he learned to stop yelling. Then he worked on getting his point across in 20 words or less. Things began to change.

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