Teenage Mutant Teenagers

In this episode of Sh*t Your Teenager Won’t Tell You, hosts Cathy and Meredith offer some perspective on what it means to be an adolescent. They discuss what it means developmentally and offer advice on what parents can do for their teenagers.

 

TIMESTAMPS

• [00:01] Intro
• [01:26] Would Cathy and Meredith be a teenager again
• [03:12] What is a teenager
• [05:57] Brain development
• [12:01] An important stage of identity construction
• [16:32] What parents can do when adolescents are difficult
• [23:12] Support, not rescue
• [29:15] Be clear about values
• [34:07] Host’s final thoughts
• [37:39] Outro

 

LINKS

• The Values Deck | A Card Sorting Game to Explore Your Personal Values
• Herrera Educational Consulting
• Village Coaches
• Sh*t Your Teenager Won’t Tell You website