ROBSON AND PURITAN™
This is home training.
What happens at home doesn't stay there - it shows up in everything.
Not parenting advice. A strategic framework for navigating apathy, overwhelm, and fear-based resistance in high achieving teens.
You Don’t Need to Be Perfect
Here’s what the research shows:
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Parent Self-Awareness & Adjustment
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Longitudinal studies show that parental knowledge (what parents know) is often shaped more by teen disclosure than by parental behavior. — Stattin & Kerr, 2000; Psychology Today, 2025
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Parents who track their own decisions (rules, reactions, expectations) are better able to:
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Identify patterns in teen resistance or withdrawal
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Adjust communication styles to reduce secrecy and increase trust
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Shift from reactive discipline to proactive guidance
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Strategic Insight for Families
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Monitoring is most effective when paired with open communication and warmth. Teens are more likely to follow rules when they feel heard, respected, and supported. — CDC & ReGroup Foundation, 20234
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Tracking decisions over time helps families distinguish between:
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A teen’s need for more structure or emotional regulation
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A parent’s need to revise expectations, tone, or timing
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Cognitive & Behavioral Outcomes
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86% of teens report that their parents “usually or always” know where they are and who they’re with. These teens are significantly less likely to engage in risky behaviors like substance use, early sexual activity, or violence. — CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2021
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Teens with high parental monitoring are:
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40% less likely to misuse prescription opioids
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35% less likely to experience cyberbullying
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30% less likely to report persistent sadness or suicidal ideation — American Academy of Pediatrics, 2023
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Inside you get 3 worksheets, examples and steps
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Evaluate: Track an activity, schedule or a commitment (i.e. binge watching YouTube or sports practices & games)
Observe: Rank them for their impact on your teen and the home environment
Reflect: Require a small change in actions
Then repeat: Evaluate, Observe, Reflect
Give it two weeks. And prepare to hear "thank you".
You potty trained.
Tantrums turned into talking.
Walking became running.
This teen phase is no different.
Your Guide for the Most Critical Parenting Years
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The tween and teen years can feel like chaos—but they’re also a unique opportunity to anchor your child’s identity, confidence, and emotional intelligence.
Raising Reliable Rebels combines modern research, ancestral wisdom, and real-world parenting experience to help you:
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Get ahead of emotional storms
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Encourage self-awareness
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Build trust and identity
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Adapt guidance for solo, co-parenting, or partnered families​
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This isn’t just theory. It’s a toolkit.
A Message From Maya
​I share this book not because I mastered parenting, but because I refuse to give up on it.
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This method is not a rulebook. It is a reflection—a way for you to choose, with clarity and courage, how to raise teenagers who are both independent and dependable.
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You are equipped, even when you feel unsure.
You are the answer, even when they roll their eyes.
You are the difference, even when the world distracts them.
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And may you do it with heart, with wisdom, and without apology.
​With you in every step,
Maya
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