It’s not uncommon for teens to complain that their parents never listen and just don’t understand. While this sentiment is sometimes charged with sarcasm and exaggeration, it highlights a core problem with parent-teen communication.
How to Get Your Teen Daughter to Open Up
How many times have you asked your teen daughter a question and she responds with a shrug or a flat, one-word answer, like “fine”? Maybe you have a strong hunch something is going on but your teen is not sharing. Instead, she goes to her room, closes the...
Repairing a Broken Relationship With Your Teen Daughter
“I’ve tried everything and I will keep trying but it seems no matter what I do, my teenage daughter pushes me away. It feels like our relationship is falling apart.” This is what Annie, a parent-coaching client, recently shared with me. Ever since her divorce, her...
5 Parenting Beliefs That Sabotage Your Connection with Your Teen -and What to do Instead
Discover five parenting beliefs that can unintentionally damage the parent-teen bond and the parenting practices that build trust, confidence, and calm in your relationship. Does your parenting hard-drive need an update? Many parents operate from an outdated belief...
Jealousy or Power? Understanding the Triggers Behind Mean Girl Behavior
If your daughter has ever faced the sting of a “mean girl,” you know how painful and confusing it can be. Sometimes this behavior seems random—one day they’re friends, the next day she’s excluded or mocked. This roller coaster of hurtful behavior can leave your...
Talking with Your Teen Daughter about Sex and Dating: How to get the conversation started
If you aren’t talking with your teen about sex and dating, who will? Many teens will turn to online resources for answers to their questions or look to their peers and social media influencers to determine what is “normal” dating behavior is. Both have the...
Five Things Your Daughter Should Know about Teen Coaching
At first, your daughter may balk at the idea of teen coaching. She may say, “I don’t want to talk about my feelings” or most commonly, “I don’t need a therapist!” Like many teens, your daughter may have a preconceived idea of life coaching or mistake it for...
5 Tips on Staying Calm with an Emotional Teen
Your teen’s emotions are like a pendulum, swinging from one extreme to another. Teens can easily flip from cheerful, lightheartedness to unconsolable anger or despair. As a parent, it’s easy to get swept up in your teen’s emotional chaos. You may find yourself...
Parenting a Teenage Daughter: How to Encourage Her to Open Up
It’s a new year, so why not kick it off with some meaningful shifts in your parenting? The following practices will encourage open, honest communication and make parenting your teenage daughter more rewarding and connected. 1.Respond, don’t react. One reason...
How to Redirect Your Daughter’s Negative Thinking
A heartbreak A bad grade A skin breakout Being left out Being the subject of rumors These are just a few experiences that can trigger your teen to start overthinking. Overthinking results in being caught in a loop of negative thoughts. It can be...
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