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Susan Borison and Stephanie Silverman, best friends and co-founders of Your Teen Media, bring their magazine to life with this podcast. From interviews with experts and authors to discussions of trending topics and personal stories, Your Teen with Sue and Steph is an essential guide for raising teens today.

Your Teen with Sue and Steph Evergreen Podcasts

    • Kids & Family
    • 4.8 • 120 Ratings

Susan Borison and Stephanie Silverman, best friends and co-founders of Your Teen Media, bring their magazine to life with this podcast. From interviews with experts and authors to discussions of trending topics and personal stories, Your Teen with Sue and Steph is an essential guide for raising teens today.

    The Parenting Partners Behind the Work Partners

    The Parenting Partners Behind the Work Partners

    Finally, we fulfilled a bucket list desire to bring our husbands onto the show! Dan Borison and Todd Silverman talk about what Your Teen has meant to them over the years. We open with a chat with our podcast producer of 5 years, Hannah — her favorite interviews and how the show impacted her.
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    • 33 min
    Raising Teenagers Through a Lens of Love and Support

    Raising Teenagers Through a Lens of Love and Support

    Dr. Tori Cordiano joins us again to talk about how we can provide a supportive hand to our teens, as well as strengthen their family and community connections. In this episode, we discuss:

    How do we raise kids that prioritize themselves for their mental and physical wellness?

    How do we develop love of family in our teens?

    What can we do to encourage our teens to be involved with activities within their community?


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    • 38 min
    We Can All Learn to Have Difficult Conversations

    We Can All Learn to Have Difficult Conversations

    Kwame Christian, author of How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race, discusses tools that teenagers can learn for having difficult conversations. Of course, we all need help in this arena. Thank you Kwame. 
    In this episode, we discuss: 

    Are teenagers inherently good at dealing with conflict, and can they be taught to do so? 

    What are some tools for having difficult conversations? 

    How can parents approach difficult conversations, such as those where there can be conflict and differences in knowledge or belief about politics and race?


    Learn more about Kwame Christian and The American Negotiation Institute.
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    • 44 min
    When Our Kids "Hate" — You, Their Friends, Their Siblings

    When Our Kids "Hate" — You, Their Friends, Their Siblings

    Amy Speidel, Conscious Discipline master instructor, analyzes why our relationship with our teenagers is likely filled with conflict. Then Amy provides simple language that you can adopt to deescalate — and maybe even resolve — the conflict. In this episode, we discuss:

    How to react when faced with our teens' "hate".

    What ways we can react to our teens' vulnerability, which can appear as anger.

    When our teen is in conflict with a friend, how do we continue to navigate our friendship with the friend's parent?


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    • 33 min
    Why the Antidote to Today's Struggles is Helping Teens Feel That They Matter

    Why the Antidote to Today's Struggles is Helping Teens Feel That They Matter

    Jennifer Wallace, an award winning journalist, is focused on shifting the parenting discussion to “Mattering.” Our teens (and all people) need a strong sense of mattering to the world around them. It’s one of the greatest drivers of human instinct. In this episode, we talk about how Jennifer became an expert in letting her kids know they matter - and how you can do the same. 
    Preorder Jennifer's book, “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic and What We Can Do About It," and get 4 bonuses immediately:

    An exclusive early excerpt.

    A guide to the game-changing habits of healthy achievers .

    Messages of mattering for parents.

    An invitation to Jennifer's "back to school" webinar.


    Learn more about Jennifer Wallace and The Mattering Movement.
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    • 37 min
    Teenage Boys Need Us to Focus on Their Mental Health

    Teenage Boys Need Us to Focus on Their Mental Health

    Psychologist John Duffy, author of Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, discusses how we can better support our teenage boys with their mental health. In this episode, we discuss:

    Are we giving enough attention to boys right now?

    Has society's message to boys to be strong and unemotional harming our sons, and how do we change that?

    How signs of depression can look different in boys, and what those signs are.

    Motivating introverted teen sons to participate more in their school community.


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Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
120 Ratings

120 Ratings

Momof2teensandatween ,

So many helpful episodes

I have learned so much from this podcast. I was feeling disconnected from my teens and really isolated when I found it. When the kids were little, I felt like an expert, but the teen years were so hard at first. This podcast helped so much! I especially like the expert interviews.

JHen86 ,

Simply the best!!!

These hosts! This content! It’s all so good, non-preachy, straight to the point, and incredibly useful! One of the very best resources for parents of teenagers that is out there. As someone who works with teenagers but has young children, I constantly learn things I can use in the present that I’m also so glad to know for the future. Love this show.

JTeamMom ,

Great Topics & Guests

This is such a helpful podcast! I learn something with every episode, often that my teen isn’t crazy and nor am I! 😉

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