Running Away, Authority Struggles & Difficult Behaviour at Home

Practical guidance for when teens push back on authority, act out, or run away — and how to respond calmly and effectively. When a teenager pushes back on every rule, disappears for hours without explanation, or simply stops listening, it's easy to feel like you've lost the thread entirely — and like you're the only family going through it. You're not. This session draws directly on Ronnie Kendall's 41 years of youth care work, 24 of them in Almere, including the real, structured methods he uses with families every week: conflict de-escalation techniques and SNAP (Stop Now Other Plan), an approach specifically designed to help young people pause and think before reacting. What you'll walk away with: A practical framework for responding to defiance and difficult behaviour that de-escalates conflict instead of deepening it, and a better understanding of what's actually driving it.