Edit Your Life Episode 174: Raising Teenagers

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Parents often think that once kids become teenagers and are more independent, they need you less, but they actually need you more than ever. In Episode 174, Christine interviews Mary Dell Harrington, co-author of Grown & Flown, about raising teens. Christine and Mary Dell talk about how to handle teen reticence, hyperinvolved parents, managing high school stress, making mistakes, choosing different paths, and relationships. While the focus is on raising teens, we recommend that parents of younger kids to tune in because there is so much fundamental parenting wisdom throughout this episode.

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Resources mentioned in this episode

Minimalist Parenting (our book)
Parent Hacks (Asha’s book)
Grown & Flown: website + Facebook community + book
Related/mentioned Edit Your Life Episodes: Episode 121: Choosing The Right College [guest interview with Lisa Heffernan], Episode 158: Untangling Overparenting [guest interview with Jessica Lahey], Episode 81: Reducing High School + College Stress [guest interview with Gabrielle Blair], Episode 170: Raising A Screen-Smart Kid [guest interview with Julianna Miner], Episode 79: The Joy of Tweens + Teens, Episode 134: Tips For Communicating With Teens, Episode 122: Helping Teens Thrive [guest interview with Ken Ginsburg]
Grown & Flown articles discussed during this episode: 8 Tough Teen Conversations about Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, and More by Christine Koh, The 10 Life Skills To Teach Your Teens NOW, Before They Leave Home by Christine Koh, Have a Teen Looking at a Vocational or Trade School? Here’s What You Need to Know by Melissa Fenton
Christine’s life skills series on Boston Mamas
Books recommended by Mary Dell Harrington: Untangled and Under Pressure by Lisa D’Amour, The Teenage Brain by Frances Jensen
Recommended website by Mary Dell Harrington re: relationships: Making Caring Common

Question Of The Week

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