Parenting teenagers untangled. šŸ† The audio hug for parents of teens and tweens.

Rachel Richards and Susie Asli
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Parenting teenagers untangled. šŸ† The audio hug for parents of teens and tweens.

Welcome to your weekly audio hug designed to calm your fears and reassure you that we parents already have everything we need to help our kids grow and thrive. This podcast is here to empower you to look inward, self-assess, and offer you a toolkit of strategies to draw from so you can trust yourself to parent well in a fast-changing world. Each week Iā€™ll cover an issue. What do the experts say, and is their advice realistic in the heat of the moment? In the chat episodes, Susie brings her wealth of expertise in mindfulness, and her own experiences, to discuss the realities of parenting.It may look like other parents are perfect but we all make mistakes. Admitting those mistakes isn't failure, it's growth because good parenting is a constantly evolving challenge.Our kids want to feel loved for who they are, not what they do, and to feel they are getting the support they need to be prepared for a fast changing world. Curiosity is the key, rather than judgement.Share your experiences, questions and hopes; privacy assured at teenagersuntangled@gmail.comWhat the Independent Podcasting Award judges said:  'The advice within the podcast on how to deal with what life throws at you is universally helpful, not just for those with teenagers.'  'A good mix of personal stories alongside professional insight; it's addressing something different, and helps its audience with the references and extra information provided in episode notes.'  'The rapport between the hosts, Rachel and Susie, is great with a good mix of them chatting, but also providing context for the listener and remembering them within the conversation.' For more discussion and tips, you can find us on Facebook and Instagram. Find courses with Susie at https://www.amindful-life.co.uk/

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    122: How to get our teens to love learning and why parents are the missing piece of the puzzle.

    Send us a textWe parents are deluding ourselves about how much our kids enjoy school, according to research for the book The Disengaged Teen. In survey responses 65% of parents thought their 10th grade kid loved school, whilst only 26% of 10th graders actually said they did. A lot of educators admit that things go wrong in the teen years, and many fine minds are trying to work on ways to tackle the problem. In the meantime huge numbers of teens spend most of their time disengaged. Some take a...

    1 hr
  2. 121 Enduring sibling relationships: Why some last and others fall apart, and how we parents can help

    JAN 8

    121 Enduring sibling relationships: Why some last and others fall apart, and how we parents can help

    Send us a textThere are siblings who love spending time with each other as often as possible, some tolerate it once or twice a year, and there are others who would rather eat glass than have to speak to each other.Why? What happens to their relationship? Is there something we parents can be doing to set our kids to be the ones who love and support each other as we age and after we die.When one listener asked for a deep dive on siblings who donā€™t talk to each other later in life it came at the...

    38 min
  3. 120: New Year 2025: resolutions, stress, being more fun, most interesting books, and most downloaded.

    JAN 1

    120: New Year 2025: resolutions, stress, being more fun, most interesting books, and most downloaded.

    Send us a textMAKING RESOLUTIONS: https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/70-new-years-resolutions-love-them-or-loathe-them-the-question-is-how-can-we-make-them-work-for-u/ https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/blog/Be-the-person-you-want-to-be-not-the-person-others-think-you-should-be/PARENTING STRESS: https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/109-parenting-stress-is-now-a-major-health-issueTOO MANY CHOICES: https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/concentration-and-the-troubling-effect-of-too-many-choices/NAGGI...

    21 min
  4. 119: Family gatherings without the fireworks, and staying connected with your young teen

    12/23/2024

    119: Family gatherings without the fireworks, and staying connected with your young teen

    Send us a textConnection is at the root of human happiness, but staying connected through the turbulent teens and keeping family traditions and gatherings positive can be a challenge. In this episode we help Helen with her question about how to stay connected with her daughter who's on the brink of becoming a teenager. We also talk about hosting gatherings, drawing on advice from the expert, Priya Parker. How to put nutrients back into our family earth; avoid straying into topics that cause p...

    30 min
  5. 118: Suicide: How to talk about it with teens, and offer proper support.

    12/18/2024

    118: Suicide: How to talk about it with teens, and offer proper support.

    Send us a textIn a recent column in The Times, Caitlin Moran wrote about how five young men in her social circle have taken their lives in the past 18 months. She's not alone. My daughter has experienced this, as has Benedicte's son, the listener who contacted me to suggest I cover it in an episode. In the UK, the leading cause of death for men under the age of 50 is suicide, and the statistics in the US are even worse. Boys are particularly vulnerable, and we know that there's the risk of so...

    45 min
  6. 117: Support: It takes a village to raise a child... as long they do it my way.

    12/11/2024

    117: Support: It takes a village to raise a child... as long they do it my way.

    Send us a textSo many of us bemoan the loss of a village, but do we really know what we mean by that? Being in a village or community requires us to give as well as take; often not on our own terms. It also means that we have to brush shoulders with people who might have radically different viewpoints from us on things like politics or religion. Many of us have got used to our busy, overscheduled lives, and don't have time to offer what's needed to create community, whilst complain...

    33 min
  7. 116: Girls: Talking with teens about beauty standards, entitlement and misogyny

    12/04/2024

    116: Girls: Talking with teens about beauty standards, entitlement and misogyny

    Send us a textEncouraging our kids to make the most of themselves is a vital job for parents, but how do we talk with girls about the barriers they face? From the subtle expectation that girls and women be humble to the not so subtle focus on their worth based on body parts and beauty, we parents are left with a tricky path to tread. We want to encourage our girls to be bold, and try to achieve their dreams, but how do we do that without being honest about the pitfalls of being ambitious, and...

    32 min
  8. 115: Cancel culture. Bullying or bravery?

    11/27/2024

    115: Cancel culture. Bullying or bravery?

    Send us a textThe suicide of a young man at Oxford University has prompted a warning letter to the UK Government about 'cancel culture' on campus. The review into his death 'identified evidence of a concerning practice of social ostracism among students, often referred to as a cancel culture,' according the coroner.'[The review's] evidence was that this behaviour, where individuals are isolated and excluded from social groups based on allegations or perceptions of wrongdoing, poses a signific...

    33 min
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Welcome to your weekly audio hug designed to calm your fears and reassure you that we parents already have everything we need to help our kids grow and thrive. This podcast is here to empower you to look inward, self-assess, and offer you a toolkit of strategies to draw from so you can trust yourself to parent well in a fast-changing world. Each week Iā€™ll cover an issue. What do the experts say, and is their advice realistic in the heat of the moment? In the chat episodes, Susie brings her wealth of expertise in mindfulness, and her own experiences, to discuss the realities of parenting.It may look like other parents are perfect but we all make mistakes. Admitting those mistakes isn't failure, it's growth because good parenting is a constantly evolving challenge.Our kids want to feel loved for who they are, not what they do, and to feel they are getting the support they need to be prepared for a fast changing world. Curiosity is the key, rather than judgement.Share your experiences, questions and hopes; privacy assured at teenagersuntangled@gmail.comWhat the Independent Podcasting Award judges said:  'The advice within the podcast on how to deal with what life throws at you is universally helpful, not just for those with teenagers.'  'A good mix of personal stories alongside professional insight; it's addressing something different, and helps its audience with the references and extra information provided in episode notes.'  'The rapport between the hosts, Rachel and Susie, is great with a good mix of them chatting, but also providing context for the listener and remembering them within the conversation.' For more discussion and tips, you can find us on Facebook and Instagram. Find courses with Susie at https://www.amindful-life.co.uk/

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