When I started the podcast I had absolutely no idea where it would go. I just felt it was important; both for my personal growth, and to share with others who found parenting this year group particularly tricky.
It's our two year anniversary, and I think we can all benefit immensely from standing on our current hill and taking time to gaze down the route we've climbed. My family have grown so much, navigated some really difficult issues, and I can honestly say that the sense of mutual love and connection that we share is one of the main factors that's helped us through everything.
I've decided to press pause so that we can spend time with our families. These school holiday seem more and more precious as my children's lives develop their own pace and centres of gravity away from the home.
I'll still pop onto social media and check these emails, so we can all stay connected. In the meantime, here are some episodes I found particularly helpful that you might like to listen to again.
Key episodes discussed:
Vital talking and listening skills for parents of teens:
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-3-techniques-for-talking-with-your-teenager-and-teenagers-having-sex-in-your-home/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-teenagers-37-our-overreactions-make-us-feel-awful-and-dont-even-achieve-anything-positive-so-what-can-we-do-to-stop-them-from-happening/
My deep dive into consequences. The second link is to my blog on consequences in which I delved even further into the topic.
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-32-consequences-and-the-teen-who-doesnt-seem-to-care/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/blog/whats-going-on-when-our-boundaries-and-consequences-dont-seem-to-work/
Online: (THIS IS VITAL) Including screen time, sexting, pornography, the Manosphere, and grooming.
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-9-how-to-help-your-teens-manage-their-screen-time-and-talking-to-them-about-healthy-eating-without-giving-them-an-eating-disorder/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-4-protecting-your-tweenteen-from-doing-something-illegal-with-their-phone-camera-aka-sexting-also-how-and-why-you-might-give-your-teen-an-allowance/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-13-why-talking-to-your-teen-about-pornography-is-more-important-now-than-its-ever-been-and-great-ways-to-spend-time-with-your-teen/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-33-boys-online-we-urgently-need-to-talk-about-red-pills-role-models-and-the-manosphere/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/66-online-grooming-how-to-keep-our-teens-and-tweens-safe-how-to-spot-if-your-child-has-fallen-pre/
Secondary school: Motivation, anxiety, talking to teachers, bullying, friendships and absence.
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-5-how-do-you-motivate-a-teenager-who-isnt-very-academic-what-to-do-when-your-teenager-says-they-want-to-give-up-their-musical-instrument-or-other-activity/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-14-how-to-help-your-teen-with-anxiety-and-how-to-set-rules-that-your-teens-will-follow/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/anxiety-how-to-help-your-teen-with-anxiety-according-to-renee-mill-senior-clinical-pscychologist/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/38-talking-to-teachers-about-your-teen-how-best-to-do-it-and-why-it-still-matters/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-12-what-to-do-about-bullying-and-dealing-with-teenage-backchat/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-34-bunking-wagging-hooky-skiving-or-school-refusal-whatever-you-call-it-too-many-teens-are-doing-it-but-why/
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-10-helping-your-teen-navigate-friendship-groups-particularly-girls-and-how-to-get-your-teen-to-keep-going-instead-of-giving-up-at-the-first-hurdle/
Pressures of parenting: The importance of fitting our own oxygen mask.
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-teenagers-36-stressed-out-and-overwhelmed-as-a-parent-we-have-some-techniques-that-might-just-help/
Setting up an allowance: Giving your teens some freedom to learn financial skills under your wing.
- https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/parenting-tips-4-protecting-your-tweenteen-from-doing-something-illegal-with-their-phone-camera-aka-sexting-also-how-and-why-you-might-give-your-teen-an-allowance/
I hope you've been getting as much out of our podcasts as I have in my own parenting journey. Remember, we're always open to questions and suggestions so keep them coming.
