Work With Cheryl Teens Who Thrive Podcast

Episode 5: What our teens LEARN vs what they ACQUIRE?

communication connection parentingteens Dec 13, 2023
Teens Who Thrive
Episode 5: What our teens LEARN vs what they ACQUIRE?
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Many of you know I started my career as a foreign language teacher. And it occurred to me recently that parenting has something in coming with learning a new language.

When you learn a new language, there are things you “learn” – grammar, vocabulary, etc. and there are things you “acquire” – the sounds, the common phrases, the culture. Parenting has similar features –there are things we explicitly teach our kids and there are things they absorb or acquire simply by being in our family.

On today’s podcast we will explore the idea that there are things our teens are learning directly from us, and other things they acquire and absorb just by being in our presence and in our family. Join me for an interesting twist on how we think about parenting…

 

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