Dr. Mark Schillinger
Founder, Challenging Teenage Sons & Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend
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Finally! A Way To Communicate and Motivate Your Son - Without Anxiety, Anger or Arguments
In As Little As 30 Days You Can Have a Calm and Cooperative Son
You can enjoy the same peace, happiness and cooperation that this family experienced after coaching with Dr.Mark....
“Before we met Mark, the three of us were fighting all of the time. Our home life was awful. His ability to work with our son was nothing short of a miracle. He skillfully administered wisdom and direction to us all. Now we spend our time together in laughter, discussion and creative pursuits.
Mark’s methods are like having a training manual on how to raise a teenage son with 24/7support. With the aid of direct training with Mark, we’ve experienced a complete turn-around.”
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Get The Tools You'll Need To Help Your Son Become More Responsible, Resilient and Resourceful
Before I coach parents or mentor their son, I provide a free 20-minute consultation to find out the specific problems in the family dynamics. Inevitably, every conversation begins with the parents saying, “My son’s a good kid, but…”
95% of the sons I mentor really are great kids - good souls with good hearts. I also know that, as a parent, you’re doing your best to provide for your son’s needs.
However, your son may be suffering from the anxiety and stress of being overly attached to his digital devices and consistently having to handle school responsibilities. At the same time, he’s busy exploring relationships on social media, dealing with family conflicts, distracting himself with mindless entertainment, figuring out how to grow up and experimenting with drugs or alcohol.
All of this can lead to your son feeling over-empowered and behaving immaturely, indifferently or dis-respectfully.
Proven Ways To Motivate Your Son To Become More Mature and Independent
By following my method, I’ll be mentoring you and your son so that he can:
Reduce unnecessary attention on his devices
Release his anxiety and anger safely
Relax himself quickly
Develop effective school habits
Manage his time more efficiently
Discover his own wisdom
Channel his energy into healthy behaviors
Ask for help without losing self-respect
Turn his disinterest into self-motivation
Harness his biological urge to get out into the world
Overcome his fears of failure and rejection
Minimize lying and maximize honesty
Enjoy mutually beneficial relationships
Acquire the skills he'll need to become independent, and
Respect himself enough to minimize peer pressure
Wendi and Paul Gilbert
Laura Ballard
“Mark offered my husband and I a unique set of practical tools to use daily, which improved our communication with each other and with our son. In addition, he built the foundation of these tools on a spiritual base that made genuine love and caring the glue to keep us moving forward with hope and resilience.”
Marcia Meyers
Marcia Meyers
“You’ve given us so much. You are a uniquely talented artist with uncommonly powerful instincts about transformation. You’ve given our family great tools and a renewed sense of hope, love and possibility. Thank you”
Peter Meyers
Peter Meyers
“Mark offered my husband and I a unique set of practical tools to use daily, which improved our communication with each other and with our son. In addition, he built the foundation of these tools on a spiritual base that made genuine love and caring the glue to keep us moving forward with hope and resilience.”
Marcia Meyers
“You’ve given us so much. You are a uniquely talented artist with uncommonly powerful instincts about transformation. You’ve given our family great tools and a renewed sense of hope, love and possibility. Thank you”
Peter Meyers
The Secret to Raising a Positive
and Productive Teen Young Man
For hundreds of thousands of years, parents had the cooperative assistance of the tribe’s mentors and elders to raise healthy and resilient children. The key to the success of the tribe was that they shared the same way, or method of leading their children to become happy and productive.
Since this time-honored, ancestral tradition of raising families communally is fading out of history, parents no longer have a trusted roadmap that serves as an effective guide to lead their families in the right direction.
Without a proven way, you might be finding yourself anxious and possibly fearful about your son’s future. Unfortunately, you may unconsciously act out your concerns through stressful and unhelpful behaviors with your son.
Parents have to have a way, or their sons will grow up without a way, or worse, they’ll find their own way in a world that’s clearly not setting a good example of how people should be taking good care of themselves and of each other.
Mark with a Shaman & a Young Man
in Kenya
Using my coaching method, I’ll show you how to challenge, or arouse, your son to:
1) develop behaviors that demonstrates mature adolescent masculinity
2) discover his own authentic values, so that he can fulfill his true potential
All of this can be done without arguing, yelling or threatening.
This step-by-step coaching system applies the sciences of:
Stress management
Adolescent brain development
Personal growth
Parent-child attachment bonding
Positive discipline, AND
A strong dose of tribal family wisdom
Using my method, The RIGHT Way Method of Family Unity, I’ll give you the tools you’ll need in order to better use,
your authority and influence. You’ll be able to motivate your son to become more cooperative inside of your home,
more responsible outside of your home, more confident in himself and more relaxed with the world.
Bohegian Family
“Dr. Mark has been a godsend helping my son and my family. Through Dr. Mark’s help, my son has totally turned himself around. My wife and I have become better parents, we learned how to keep him on track and my son is more productive.”
Dave Bohegian
Laura Snelling
Rick Clark
Ann Rippun and Michelle Fouts
Allana Pratt
“Using your method of using consequences, not punishments, my son doesn’t react verbally or physically. He just gets it. There's no anger or frustration on my part anymore, just the natural consequences and love.
Your words have been a soothing balm to my heart and soul. Thank you for all that you have guided us through.”
It’s Not Your Fault That It’s Harder Than Ever
to Raise Your Teen Son
After my visit to Kenya and gaining some insight about family dynamics in a Samburu Tribe, I realized that the parents I was coaching parents - just like you - who already had the right natural instincts to raise their teen boys into mature young adults. It became clear to me that parents did not have the right tools, to mentor their son in a rapidly changing society that is making it harder than ever to get the attention of our children.
Making up irrational consequences, becoming easily frustrated, speaking or acting punitively, feeling like you want to give-up and losing your energy is not going to help your son respect you or trust your advice.
My coaching will provide you with a clear roadmap, so that you’ll be able to confidently lead your family in the right direction.
My proven system will help you:
Calmly and clearly communicate in a way that motivates your son
Remain relaxed with your spouse and your son in all situations
Apply your instinctual leadership skills as a parent
Co-parent together uniformly & consistently - whether divorced or married
Nurture your son to develop healthy beliefs & behaviors
Mark with a family in Kenya
Use your authority and influence with confidence and love
Instill the values you know your son needs to learn
Use appropriate consequences as a learning opportunity for your son
Handle the toughest family issues without threatening or yelling
Decrease your stress and increase your energy
Celebrate your personal and family victories together
Enjoy more fun together, even when dis-agreeing
Guide your son to make intelligent, mature decisions, and
Make it safe for your son feel open and honest
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Most young men are resistant to talk therapy because they can't just sit down in an office and automatically become emotional about things that sadden, anger or frustrate them. Just like I’ve taught other parents and therapists, I’ll give you the strategies to use to get your son to open up and honestly voice what's true for him.
The new method of mentoring teens that I’ll teach will foster the healthy development of your son’s emotional intelligence, whether your son is an extrovert or introvert, over-empowered or under-driven, over-confident or unwilling, entitled or indifferent, or suffers from anxiety or attention disorders.
Rodriguez Family
“As my son was becoming a young man I was feeling as if I was losing touch with him. This led to me becoming frustrated and afraid because I couldn’t figure out how to restore my relationship with my son. I became angry at myself for his struggles and my inability to guide him. Thankfully, we discovered the Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend and had the opportunity to meet Dr. Mark. Shortly after, I decided to have Dr. Mark start coaching our family.
The coaching for me and my son is based on the teachings of The RIGHT Way method that’s used at the YMUW and in Dr. Mark’s family coaching. His coaching has taught me how to calmly communicate with my son. His method has given me a framework for keeping my son and I in close relationship.
Dr. Mark has been a blessing to work with. During our sessions Dr. Mark is warmhearted, understanding, honest, and tough, meaning that he holds me accountable for what I need to do. I recommend Dr. Mark because he teaches you how to improve your relationship with your son and provides you the tools you need to help your son become a thriving young man.”
Rodriguez Family
People Dr. Mark Has Worked With
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John Gray
John Gray
Lisa Ling
Katie Couric
Bruce Lipton
Lisa Ling
Jed Diamond
Read what people have to say about Dr. Mark's work
Mark’s work as a family mentor helps parents use their different parenting styles to create a united approach. Using his parenting method, he gives parents the structure, support, and skills to help their son be happy and productive
John Gray Phd
Author
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
The rite of passage events led by Mark are one of the most powerful solutions to the challenges I outlined in The Boy Crisis. Not only does Mark help young men develop the responsibility and resilience needed for adulthood, he also mentors’ parents to overcome the problems of raising teens in this digital era by skillfully using their authority and influence to support their sons’ growth.
Dr. Warren Farrell
Author
The Boy Crisis
Mark is an insightful and compassionate mentor who helps fathers harness their masculine wisdom to strengthen relationships at home. He has a unique gift for guiding fathers to balance tough love with tender love, becoming role models for their sons on what it means to be a good man
Jed Diamond Phd
Author
12 Rules for Good Men
As a therapist, I'm very impressed with Dr. Mark’s method, and I've adopted it into my work with families and young men. This method has profoundly influenced my work.
Richard Platt
Family Therapist
Before we met Mark, the three of us were fighting all of the time. Our home life was awful. His ability to work with our son was nothing short of a miracle. He skillfully administered wisdom and direction to us all. Now we spend our time together in laughter, discussion and creative pursuits.
Mark’s methods are like having a training manual on how to raise a teenage son with 24/7support. With the aid of direct training with Mark, we’ve experienced a complete turn-around.
Nicky & Andrew Lucero
Parents
Mark offered my husband and I a unique set of practical tools to use daily, which improved our communication with each other and with our son. In addition, he built the foundation of these tools on a spiritual base that made genuine love and caring the glue to keep us moving forward with hope and resilience.
Marcia Meyers
Parent
You’ve given us so much. You are a uniquely talented artist with uncommonly powerful instincts about transformation. You’ve given our family great tools and a renewed sense of hope, love and possibility.
Thank you.
Peter Meyers
Parent
As a therapist working with families over 20 years, I received many gems from working with Mark. And as a parent, I felt held and guided about what's most important in relationship with my sons. Thanks Mark!
Barbara Murphy
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Mark has been a godsend helping my son and my family. Through Dr. Mark’s help, my son has totally turned himself around. My wife and I have become better parents, we learned how to keep him on track and my son is more productive.
Dave Bohegian
Parent
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