Once innocuous names, Harvey Weinstein and Larry Nassar now elicit visceral reactions within women across America and have given rise to numerous hashtags rallying those — mostly women — who are finding the courage to speak up about their experiences of sexual abuse.

For those of you who are parents of infants, you may be wondering, “What do any of the ‘parenting teens’ pointers have to do with me?” Well, I am glad that you are wondering about those things because much of what you do during infancy lays a foundation for later dynamics during the teen years.

Many parents of teenagers think their teens don't listen to them. While a teen's "selective" listening can be frustrating, the complaint most teens express (in therapy or another "safe place") is that they don't feel their parents are listening to them.