Oct 7

Navigating Teen Challenges: Vaping, Mood Swings, and Body Image

This episode covers topics from listener-submitted questions regarding teen vaping, mood swings, and body image! We hope you enjoyed the episode and make sure to follow for more! CultivaTeen Roots helps parents of tweens and teens navigate adolescence with confidence and connecti ... Show More

38m 55s

Oct 2

Navigating Friend Drama and Peer Pressure

This episode covers topics from listener-submitted questions regarding setting curfews, teenage drinking, and more! We hope you enjoyed the episode and make sure to follow for more! CultivaTeen Roots helps parents of tweens and teens navigate adolescence with confidence and conne ... Show More

34m 51s

Sep 16

When the Hormones Hit….Answering Questions from Prepubescences to Finding Condoms

CultivaTeen Roots helps parents of tweens and teens navigate adolescence with confidence and connection. Through courses, resources, and community support, we give parents practical tools to understand their child’s development, set healthy boundaries, and strengthen relationship ... Show More

33m 40s

Sep 2023

Raw and Refreshing Advice on Navigating Anxiety, Insecurity, Popularity, & Peer Pressure in Your Teenage and 20-Something Years

Lately, I’ve been getting a ton of questions from listeners about how to best support high schoolers and 20-somethings. There are lots of questions about anxiety, peer pressure, and getting young adults to open up. So, in this episode, I have a pile of your questions in front of ... Show More

54m 44s

Oct 2023

AP 533: Perfectionism in Parenting Teens: How to Help your Perfectionist Kids, Better Handle your Own Mistakes, and What to do When your Kids Notice That you’re Human || co-interview with Heather Fraz

This week I have a co-interview between me and Heather Frazier, host of the Pivot Parenting podcast. First, I share how I've seen perfectionism affect my experience raising children and also as a middle school teacher. Then, Heather teaches how we can better handle when our teens ... Show More

57 m

Feb 2022

10 Ways to Connect With Your Teen

Having a teen is as hard as having a newborn! All the firsts and all the angst, let’s face it the stakes are really high and we parents worry tremendously about our children and the teen years can really exacerbate our worry and stress. What I know works is connection, but many t ... Show More

23m 37s

May 2023

117: My College-Bound Kid Is "Soiling the Nest." Help!

What’s the best way for parents to respond when their high school senior wants to spend every waking minute with friends? A mom writes in asking if it's okay to require her teen to spend time with the family before heading off to college. Dr. Lisa walks us through the complex psy ... Show More

29m 43s

Jul 2021

Parenting through adolescence: Bringing the science to life

Dr Tamara Scully (Clinical Psychologist) and Dr Beth Mosley (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) explore the challenges of adapting our parenting to meeting the needs of our developing adolescents. With a parent and teenager as guests, they talk through some practical ideas on how ... Show More

42m 26s

Oct 2022

89: How Do I Get My Teen To Take Charge of Her Life?

How do we help teens take ownership of their lives, especially if they are feeling overwhelmed by all that adults are asking of them? Dr. Lisa explains how parents can move from nagging teens to seeing themselves as teachers who help teens become increasingly independent. The con ... Show More

31m 22s

Apr 2023

Lisa Damour, PhD On The Emotional Lives of Teenagers

Adolescence has always been a difficult phase of life, but today’s teenagers are navigating a world that is vastly different from any generation before them. From social media to cyberbullying, from political polarization to climate change, the challenges facing teenagers today a ... Show More

2h 8m

Jun 2021

Ep 143: The Do’s and Don’ts of College Applications

Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick and Jenn Curtis, authors of The Parent Compass, share their wealth of knowledge on the college admissions process and parenting in the late teens.Full show notesLet’s be honest–the pressure of the college application process is enough to drive anyone craz ... Show More

27m 51s

Apr 2021

Jessica Lahey on Preventing Substance Abuse in Kids

How do we equip kids with the tools they need to avoid substance abuse? How can we identify a teen who is at risk? And what can be done to prevent our young ones from developing dependency issues?Every parent is haunted by these questions, myself included. To get answers, I did w ... Show More

2h 15m

Mall Roaming, Curfews, and Teen Drinking...