Parenting Teens Blog
Tips & strategies for navigating the teen years without losing your mind.
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.
Pro Parenting Tip #15: Make Failure Your Friend
“My son gives up too easily.” “My daughter blames everyone else for her mistakes.” “My son is lazy.” “My daughter lies all the time.” These are just a few signs that your teen has a fear of failure.
Pro Parenting Tip #13: Make a Plan
If your teen is stressing out or feeling super anxious about something — say going back to school — rather than give them a pep talk, help them come up with a plan.
Pro Parenting Tip #12: Disrupt the Stress Response
It can be difficult to calm down an upset teen. Often our own fight or flight response gets triggered too, and you both spiral into emotional mayhem. So what can you do? Try these brain disruptors.
Channel Your Inner Wonder Woman: Exude authority, confidence, and warmth.
I believe Wonder Woman lives inside of every one of us moms. It’s not always easy to channel her though. Some days we feel like we’re being walked over, mistreated, unappreciated, even abused by our families. Here are some powerful ways to bring your inner Wonder Woman to the surface.
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