Episode 11: Are You Letting Your Teen Fail?
On this episode of Teens Who Thrive, we explore a crucial question for parents: How often do we truly allow our kids to fail? While the concept of letting children stumble and face natural consequences is widely acknowledged, putting it into practice is often challenging.
We will dive into several essential reasons our teens benefit from struggling:
-->Building resilience by giving them the opportunity to develop problem-solving skills.
-->Fostering independence as teens learn to solve their own problems. -
->Teaching accountability, helping teens understand the consequences of their actions.
-->Boosting confidence by helping our teens see they can accomplish challenging tasks.
We will also do some self-reflecting and get honest without ourselves about why this is so hard for us to do as parents, and why we are so tempted to jump in and rescue our kids when it might be better for them to struggle.
Special Invitation: —->>>>Your relationship with your teenager isn’t difficult because she’s a teenager. It’s difficult because she struggles (and maybe you struggle too!) with essential communication and regulation skills.
But the good news is that all of these skills – emotional regulation, conflict and communication skills, expressing empathy, understanding actions → consequences – all of these are critical skills that both you AND your teen need to develop if you want to enjoy a more connected relationship. J
oin me for my FREE MASTERCLASS for parents of teens: COMMUNICATE & CONNECT where we will explore all of these skills and more!
