CATCH Clip
Three experts offer practical ways to move beyond repetitive parent-child arguments and communicate more effectively.
CATCH Original Videos, Clips, and Podcast Episodes
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A Parent’s NO WIN Daily ARGUMENT with your Child
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Avoiding the Overparenting Trap
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Learn how to resist pressure to overmanage children’s lives and create more room for independence, resilience, and authentic growth.
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Be Curious Not Furious, How to have the Tough Conversations with your Kids
Lunch and Learn
Explore how self-regulation and co-regulation help parents handle tough conversations, strengthen communication, and build a more resilient parent-child relationship.
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Be Curious: Parents: P.A.C.E. Yourself
CATCH Clip
Learn how the P.A.C.E. approach helps parents stay regulated, connect with their child, and respond effectively during difficult moments.
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Connection, Communication and Validation
CATCH Clip
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Finding Joy When Your Kids Are Not So Enjoyable!
Lunch and Learn
Find practical ways to calm household chaos, reduce parenting stress, and create more moments of joy and connection with your children.
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From Manager to Mentor Parenting Through the Long Game
Lunch and Learn
Learn practical, research-informed ways to raise resilient, capable children with compassion, perspective, and long-term growth in mind.
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From Manager to Mentor: Choose One Value and Practice it
CATCH Clip
Choose one core family value and use small, intentional daily actions to help children practice it and grow.
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From Manager to Mentor: Contribution Creates Confidence
CATCH Clip
Learn why meaningful contribution at home builds confidence, capability, responsibility, and a stronger sense of belonging.
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From Manager to Mentor: Discomfort Equals Growth
CATCH Clip
Explore why manageable discomfort is often essential for building resilience, confidence, and problem-solving skills in children.
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From Manager to Mentor: Do Less. Trust More.
CATCH Clip
Learn why doing less and trusting more gives children space to build capability, responsibility, and independence.
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From Manager to Mentor: Step Back So They Can Grow
CATCH Clip
Discover how stepping back during everyday challenges can help children become more independent, confident, and capable.
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Hands Off! Let Them Do It! – Playing IS Learning
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Early childhood educator Sue Carr explains why independent play is essential learning and how parents can step back to help young children grow.
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Hey Parents! Amy’s Kids Have Advice
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Amy Oberholtzer’s adult children share candid advice about growing up, parent-child relationships, social media, and what kids need from parents.
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How to Get Teenagers to Talk
CATCH Clip
Discover simple ways to break the ice, listen without judgment, and create conversations that help teenagers open up.
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Independence, Boundaries, and Letting Go
CATCH Clip
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Is My Kid OK? Early Signs of Mental Health Struggles
Lunch and Learn
Learn to recognize early signs of mental health struggles and build a collaborative relationship that supports your child’s confidence and well-being.
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Learn A Simple Validation Tool When Parenting Teens S.O.Y.
CATCH Clip
Use the S.O.Y. validation tool to listen, acknowledge feelings, and respond more effectively when parenting teens.
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Letting Go and Trusting What Matters Most: Parenting with Grit
In-Person Program
Amy and Shawn Oberholtzer reflect on anxiety, independence, self-worth, and the courage parents and children need to let go and grow.
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Loving our kids unconditionally…even when we don’t like them
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Lisa Ehrlich-Menard discusses how parents can communicate unconditional love and stay connected even during anger, conflict, and difficult behavior.
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Noticing What Our Kids Need
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Amy Oberholtzer and Anne Neumann share real-life strategies for noticing children’s needs, making space for feelings, and balancing structure with free time.
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Overparenting Unplugged
Lunch and Learn
Explore how overparenting, overscheduling, technology, and limited independence affect children, and learn strategies that foster resilience and free play.
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Parenting Myths Debunked: Finding Balance in a Pressure-Filled World with Dr. Doug Bolton
In-Person Program
Dr. Doug Bolton challenges common parenting myths about achievement, praise, money, and success while offering a healthier path toward resilience and connection.
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Parenting Pitfalls
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Dr. Natalia Kaczmarek explores common parenting pitfalls and how adults can course correct in ways that genuinely support children.
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Parents, Can you be CURIOUS [not judgmental] about BEHAVIOR? What can you learn?
CATCH Clip
Shift from judging behavior to approaching it with curiosity so you can better understand what your child may be communicating.
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Real Talk with CATCH Moms
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
CATCH moms Rachel Tzinberg and Julie Weinberg share honest parenting lessons about communication, validation, and supporting kids through challenges.
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Staying Connected While Kids Feel, Fail, and Figure It Out
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Amy Oberholtzer and her daughter Shawn discuss anxiety, achievement pressure, validation, repair, and staying connected when parenting gets messy.
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Taking the Pressure Off: Dinnertime Conversations Matter
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
Jason Price offers practical ways to move beyond one-word answers and create more meaningful, lower-pressure conversations with kids.
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Talking with Your Teen: EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY during the good, the bad, and the ugly
CATCH Clip
Get specific language and communication strategies for talking with teens through positive, difficult, and emotionally charged moments.
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The 15 Minutes That Matter: How Curiosity and Connection Help Kids Discover Their Values and Their Voice
Parenting the Mental Health Generation Podcast
A practical parenting conversation with host Amy O. and teacher and parent Buffy Sallee on using curiosity, connection, and everyday moments to help kids discover their values and find their voice.
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The Teen Whisperer Conflict Connection
Lunch and Learn
Discover how to create a more collaborative home while still setting clear expectations, maintaining boundaries, and following through with consequences.
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Treat the Problem Not the Symptom | FOCUS on the TREE ROOTS, NOT the Leaves
CATCH Clip
Look beneath challenging behavior to identify and address the underlying need rather than focusing only on the visible symptom.
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Well Intended Parenting, Unintended Consequences
Lunch and Learn
Learn how well-intended fixing, cheering, and path-clearing can unintentionally invalidate children and limit their ability to handle challenges.
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Well-Intended Parenting: Validation
CATCH Clip
Learn how validation helps children feel understood and reduces the unintended harm that can come from fixing, minimizing, or dismissing feelings.
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When Suggestions Don’t WORK | Parenting Tools to help you CLEARLY Communicate!
CATCH Clip
Replace repeated advice and quick fixes with clearer communication strategies that help children feel heard and families solve problems together.
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Your Child’s Mental Health and Family Dynamics
Lunch and Learn
Explore how one person’s mental health struggles affect the whole family and learn supportive language for navigating difficult conversations together.
CATCH Blog Posts, Resources, Guides and Event Summaries
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7 Questions To Ask Your Kids To Spark Thoughtful Conversations
CATCH Resource
Use these seven thoughtful questions to start meaningful conversations with children and teens about their experiences, feelings, and perspectives.
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A CATCH Guided Conversation for screening the documentary, Try Harder!
CATCH Guided Conversation
Use CATCH’s guided conversation to facilitate a thoughtful discussion after viewing the documentary Try Harder!.
Read CATCH Event Summary
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Event Summary Is Your Child’s Behavior Driving You Crazy? With Ross Greene
National Speaker
Learn how to look beneath challenging behavior, identify unmet needs, and collaborate with children instead of relying on power struggles.
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Event Summary: Beyond the Pressure Youth Success & Wellbeing
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Key Lessons from Dr. Bolton’s Talk: Parenting Myths Debunked, Finding Balance in a Pressure-Filled World
CATCH Resource
Dr. Doug Bolton challenges common parenting myths that can increase pressure and stress for families. This summary offers practical guidance for redefining success, strengthening parent-child relationships, and helping children build independence and resilience.
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Not the Fun Parent? Here’s How I’m Learning to Play
In Real Life
CATCH President Rachel Tzinberg reflects on learning to bring more play, silliness, and low-pressure connection into family life.
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Parenting in an Anxious World: Raising Independent, Capable Humans
In Real Life
Amy Oberholtzer reflects on parenting with less fear and creating more room for children to experience independence, failure, play, and growth.
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Parenting with Grit: A Talk Think Take Action Guide
CATCH Guide
Use these prompts to support honest conversation, personal reflection, and small, meaningful steps toward raising more independent and resilient children.
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Signs of Mental Health Challenges in Kids: Insights from a Child Psychiatrist
Expert Guidance
A child psychiatrist explains behavioral signs of mental health challenges and what parents can watch for when children cannot clearly express their struggles.
CATCH Reviewed and Approved Resources
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3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms
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Ask Lisa with Dr. Lisa Damour and Reena Ninan
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Building Bridges: Teen Loneliness and Connection
Child Mind Institute
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Child Mind Institute Website
Child Mind Institute is a nonprofit focused on transforming children’s mental health through science, education, and care. The site offers trustworthy information for families on anxiety, ADHD, learning challenges, behavior, and many other child and teen mental health topics.
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De-Escalate
How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less
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Dr. Lisa Damour Website
Dr. Lisa Damour’s site offers research-backed guidance for parents and caregivers raising tweens and teens. You’ll find practical advice, articles, talks, and tools focused on adolescent development, anxiety, stress, friendships, and family relationships.
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Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn’t Grown Up…and What to Do About It
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FAN Website
Family Action Network
FAN offers a wide range of free programs and speaker events that bring parents, educators, and community members together around timely topics. It’s a strong local resource for learning, reflection, and family support through thoughtful conversation.
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Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
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Free-Range Kids
How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow
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Good Inside
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Good Inside Website and Instagram
Dr. Becky Kennedy
Good Inside gives parents practical, compassionate support for everyday challenges with kids from early childhood through the teen years. The site offers expert guidance, scripts, workshops, and tools that help parents set boundaries while staying deeply connected.
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Good Inside with Dr. Becky Podcast
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Healthy Children Website
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Parenting Site
HealthyChildren.org is the American Academy of Pediatrics’ parenting site, offering expert-reviewed advice for raising children from infancy through young adulthood. Families can find practical, science-based guidance on health, development, behavior, emotions, and everyday parenting concerns.
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How to Raise an Adult
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
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I Can Fix This
And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child
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Kristina Kuzmic Instagram
Kristina Kuzmic, mental health advocate and author, has been down a hard road, shares her story authentically, and says the hard things out loud.
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No-Drama Discipline
CATCH Reviewed and Approved
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NurtureShock
New Thinking About Children
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Peaceful Parent Happy Kids Website
Whether you’re wondering how to handle a specific challenge, just figuring out your child-raising approach, or ready to tear your hair out, Aha! Parenting is ready to help.
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Playful Heart Parenting Website
Mia Wisinski is a mom, stepmom, and theatre educator with a goal of helping parents enjoy play through easy, kid-friendly activities aimed at connection.
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Rescuing Our Sons
8 Solutions to our Crisis of Disaffected Teen Boys
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Responsive Parenting Instagram
J. Milburn- Mom of 3 & Parenting Mentor shares powerful memes, blogs, workshops and activities for parents.
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Smart Love
The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Regulating, and Enjoying Your Child
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The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
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The Coping Podcast with Dr. Leigh Weisz
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The Danish Way Instagram
You will learn to become more authentic and empathic and focus on the vital relationship between you and your child.
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The Opposite of Spoiled
Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money
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The Parallel Process
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The Power of Showing Up
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The Price of Privilege
How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
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The Self-Driven Child
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The Self-Driven Child Podcast
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The Way of Play
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Untangled
Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
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Untethered
Creating Connected Families, Schools, and Communities to Raise a Resilient Generation
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What Do You Say?
How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home
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What Makes You Stronger
How to Thrive in the Face of Change and Uncertainty Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Whole Parent Instagram
Jon Fogel is a parenting educator and Chicago area pastor who posts about brain-based ways to take the stress out of parenting.
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You Only Know What You Know
A Mental Health Podcast for Parents (Compass Health)
