Many parents of teens feel trapped in constant conflict —
and don’t know how to break free.
Years of working with families taught me...​
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High-achieving families with teens struggle with many of the same challenges.
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Even the best parents—successful, caring, committed parents, who look perfect on the outside—are walking on eggshells in their own homes.
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Many families have "good kids"—high-achieving, academically successful, with bright futures—who are lovely to the rest of the world but are angry, sullen, and devastatingly moody at home.
Over the years, I developed a process for quickly getting things back on track.
You don't need:
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Months of therapy
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You do need:
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A proven process for repairing relationships
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A powerful framework for negotiating boundaries
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Straightforward tools for communication and conflict
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Coaching to see around blindspots and misunderstandings
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Why the usual parenting advice doesn’t work
for families high-achieving families
If you’ve tried everything — therapy, stricter rules,
waiting it out — and nothing has worked, there’s a reason.
The traditional approaches weren’t built for you.
Most parenting programs were designed for families who lack structure — parents who don’t set rules, enforce discipline, or create consistency.
But in high-achieving families, the challenges look very different:
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Disrespect, defiance, and silence aren’t the root problem. They’re symptoms of a ruptured relationship.
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The emotional strain of high expectations and perfectionism creates disconnection. On the surface, achievement makes everything look successful, but underneath the pressure is pushing you apart.
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Conventional therapy and tactics often fall short. They focus on managing behavior or symptoms, but fail to repair the underlying relationship rupture.
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Even well-meaning parents get stuck. They walk on eggshells, over-function, or outsource the solution — all of which erode trust instead of repairing it.
If you’ve tried the usual solutions and nothing has worked,
it’s not your fault. You haven’t been given the right tools.
You don’t need more rules, more lectures, or more therapy sessions.
You need a reset that repairs the relationship itself.
Not sure if it's right for you?
Take this short quiz and find out.
How The Weekend Reset Works
Personally Guided by the Creator, Kristin MacDermott, LMFT
Transform your relationship with your teen and put the joy back in parenting
in the comfort of your own home in
5.5 hours of your time and only 1.5 hours of your teen's time!
THE
ZOOM SESSIONS
PARENTS ONLY! (No Teens in the Zooms)
Kristin takes you and a small group of other parents through each step of the Reset process together in live Zoom sessions.
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Thursday: 9 - 10:30 PT / 12 - 1:30 ET
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Friday: 9 - 10:30 PT / 12 - 1:30 ET
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Saturday: 8 - 9:00 PT / 11 - 12:11 ET
THE CONVERSATIONS
PARENTS + TEENS! ​
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The commitment you need from your teen is 90 minutes over the weekend as follows:
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Saturday: 30 minutes
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Sunday: 60 minutes
THE
FOLLOW-UP
PARENTS ONLY! (No Teens in the Zooms)
Continue the live coaching from Kristin for the rest of the month to troubleshoot any sticky areas and cement your new communication skills.
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Mondays: 11 - 12 PT / 2 - 3 ET (for one month)
INTERESTED?
Take the Next Step*
If you're serious about making a change, watch the FREE TRAINING video
to see if The Weekend Reset is right for your family.
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If you watch to the end (it's 16 minutes), you can book
a free strategy session with Kristin.
*Why can't you just sign up right away?
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The Weekend Reset is an investment — of time, money, and especially courage.
Not the courage to push your teen harder, but the courage to own your part in the disconnect,
shift how you show up, and lead your family into a healthier way of relating.
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Because of this, Kristin interviews everyone personally to make sure it's a fit.
She keeps the groups small and curates groups of parents,
who she believes will benefit from being in the program together.
About Kristin
Hi, I'm Kristin MacDermott. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, resilience expert, and creator of the MacDermott Method.
My Evidence-Based Curriculum
I have spent the past 25 years studying and teaching resilience. The tools of this course pull from my resilience-training curriculum, which has been validated in four studies (two RCTs) with researchers from The Duke Clinical Research Institute, published in peer-reviewed journals, and proven to promote clinically significant improvement in key mental health and resilience measures, including self-efficacy, distress, anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Versions of the curriculum have been used by a diverse array of organizations, including Navy SEALs, the LAPD, 20 hospitals across the country, including Duke Health and the National Institutes of Health, the National Guard, and the Veterans Administration, and they have been funded by The National Cancer Institute, Navy SEAL Family Foundation, Pfizer, Genentech, Amgen, Livestrong, Duke Cancer Institute, Colorado Health Foundation, Women’s Cancer Research Fund, Susan G. Komen Foundation, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and the Annenberg Foundation.
