“Toddlers and teens are the same.”

Part of an occasional series about phrases that this therapist finds himself repeating, often.

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As a clinician in private practice, one of the phrases that I frequently hear myself saying is this: “Toddlers and teens are the same.” Normally this comes up with those who are attempting to parent an adolescent, being frustrated by them, and…