Parenting Teens Blog
Tips & strategies for navigating the teen years without losing your mind.
Pro Parenting Tip #37: Make a 5 to 1 Investment
The goal is to keep your teen’s emotional account as full as possible. That way, when the inevitable clash arises, your teen has enough relational currency to cover it. The more you invest now, the more your teen will prosper later.
Pro Parenting Tip #36: Learn How the Teen Brain Works
When we understand why our teens act the way they do, we are able to become far more effective parents and reduce a lot of unnecessary drama.Here are a 12 KEY DIFFERENCES to be aware of:
Pro Parenting Tip #21: Should Vs. Could
We should on our teens to try to motivate them to make better decisions. If we point out when they're doing the wrong thing, they’ll start doing the right thing, right?
Pro Parenting Tip #30: Name It to Tame It
As parents, it’s tough to see our children feeling bad. Our immediate instinct is to lift them up when they feel down or rein them in when they’re out of control. Our intentions are good, but the message we’re sending isn’t. We’re teaching them that negative feelings aren’t okay.
Pro Parenting Tip #20: Guide Through BIG Emotions
Telling our kids to stop feeling bad, doesn’t make the emotion go away, it just makes them feel bad about feeling bad.
Top 10 Parenting Teen Podcast Episodes of 2021
Twelve months, 130 shows, 85 guests, and over 30,000 downloads (across 22+ countries) later, I’m hearing from parents, teachers, experts, and teens themselves that the show is having an impact. That makes my heart sing. Here are the top 10 most viewed shows of the year.
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