How Much Change Can My Kids Take? with Kyle Cruze
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This week we are discussing ‘How Much Change Can My Kids Take?’ with Kyle Cruze. Our kids have experienced so much change already, and we know stability is important. How much change can they endure before there are lasting consequences? Kyle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Tennessee. Since graduate school, Kyle has dedicated almost all his professional time to working with adolescent/teenage boys and their families. Recognizing the huge need that boys have for clarity and guidance, Kyle has sat with hundreds of kids and their parents with...
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What Is Stability?
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When Your Child Triggers You
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Parenting a Child Who's Mad at You
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The Three Phases of Solo Parenting
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Getting Out From Under Single Parent Guilt
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Helping Our Kids Grieve Loss w/ Annie F. Downs and Tatum Green
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Teaching Our Kids Healthy Love
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This week we are discussing Teaching Our Kids Healthy Love We want to teach our kids what healthy love or a healthy marriage looks like, but without two parents in the household, often what they’ve seen is broken or simply non-existent. How do we teach our kids about building healthy relationships when we aren’t able to model it for them? Today, we cover three main points: Relationships are Relationships Setting the Tone When our kids are in unhealthy relationships LINK TO SHOWNOTES For all the detailed show notes, tips and links click -...
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Navigating Single Parent Dating: FAQs
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Is It Love or Loneliness?
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This week we are discussing Is it Love or Loneliness? Sometimes loneliness cuts so deep that we’ll accept less than what we want or deserve; we’re willing to take love from anyone we can get—both in romantic and non-romantic relationships. Sometimes it’s really love, but other times it’s simply a solution for our loneliness. How can we tell the difference in our relationships? Today, we cover three main points: How loneliness and love are intertwined Why we don’t want to be lonely Questions to ask ourselves LINK TO SHOWNOTES For...
info_outlineThis week we are discussing ‘How Much Change Can My Kids Take?’ with Kyle Cruze.
Our kids have experienced so much change already, and we know stability is important. How much change can they endure before there are lasting consequences?
Kyle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Tennessee.
Since graduate school, Kyle has dedicated almost all his professional time to
working with adolescent/teenage boys and their families. Recognizing the huge
need that boys have for clarity and guidance, Kyle has sat with hundreds of kids
and their parents with the goal of helping them navigate through the difficult and
confusing aspects of this culture and life.
His early lessons in life and relationships came through the paradigm of athletics.
Kyle was blessed with the opportunity to play basketball all four years he was in
college. It was through those experiences on and off the court that much of his
curiosity and interest in people and their stories began.
Prior to moving into full-time private practice, Kyle worked at a residential
treatment center with high school boys and their families who were struggling with
substance abuse and addiction. During these years, Kyle also frequently spoke at
national conferences, local schools, and parent groups.
Kyle was born and raised in Knoxville, TN. It was there that he met his wife Kristen
who is a Franklin, TN native. Together they have two boys and a girl.
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