Parenting a Teenager - Stop Doing This Number 10

Stop dismissing feelings …

Think for a minute about how you feel when someone dismisses your feelings. It feels like they just don’t get you and that you don’t matter.  Is this what you want your teenager to feel?  Your teenager  has enough of this to worry about as they try to make friends and make their way through the social dos and don'ts at school.   As a parent, your goal is to make your relationship and your home a safe place where your teenager feels seen for who  they are and loved unconditionally.  In this lesson you will learn what to do instead… acknowledge and validate.  These two coaching skills provide a powerful way to enhance the parent teen relationship.  

Your Family Enrichment Coach, 

Jim White  

Family Enrichment Academy