32 min

Teen learners: independence, connection, and the teenage brain Raising Learners

    • Parenting

Adolescence is a time of major development inside the teenage brain. And changes in the brain drive changes in teenage emotions, thinking and behaviour, including the desire for more independence. If you feel that you’re less important to your child now, it might help to know that your child needs your love and support to navigate changes in adolescence and grow a healthy brain. In this episode of Raising Learners, David Collins and Colette Davis join host Derek McCormack to explore these issues.

Find out more on raisingchildren.net.au


Brain development: teenagers
Social and emotional changes: 9-15 years
Independence in teenagers: how to support it
Staying connected: you and your teenage child
Relationships with parents and families: why teenagers need them

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Victorian Department of Education and Training
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Adolescence is a time of major development inside the teenage brain. And changes in the brain drive changes in teenage emotions, thinking and behaviour, including the desire for more independence. If you feel that you’re less important to your child now, it might help to know that your child needs your love and support to navigate changes in adolescence and grow a healthy brain. In this episode of Raising Learners, David Collins and Colette Davis join host Derek McCormack to explore these issues.

Find out more on raisingchildren.net.au


Brain development: teenagers
Social and emotional changes: 9-15 years
Independence in teenagers: how to support it
Staying connected: you and your teenage child
Relationships with parents and families: why teenagers need them

Find out more


Victorian Department of Education and Training
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32 min