Connection Makers and Breakers with Tweens and Teens
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Show Notes
On today’s podcast I will share some relationship makers and breakers when it comes to adults relating to tweens and teens. And I mange to talk about Gunther Gebel-Williams. He is one of the most famous wild animal trainers of all time. Think of a blond man in an opened sequined shirt with some tigers and that's him! Listen in to find out how I compare Gunther and his lion taming to parenting tweens and teens.
Gunther Gebel-Williams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_Gebel-Williams
Relationship breakers I discuss are:
- Being reactive when your children share something with you
- Telling tweens and teens they can't have a boyfriend or girlfriend until they are a certain age
- Forbidding tweens and teens to be friends or romantic partners with a particular person
Relationship makers I discuss are:
- How to be neutral with your facial expression and tone of your voice when your tween or teen tells you something that shocks or upsets you
- How to respond to shocking or upsetting information in a way that keeps your child sharing with you
- Questions to ask when your tween or teen tells you they like someone or are "going out, " with someone
- How to help your tween or teen set healthy relationship perimeters with friends and boyfriends or girlfriends
- How to help your tween or teen come up with relationship deal breakers for their friendships and romantic partners
- How to help your tweens or teens navigate difficult conversations with friendships or romantic partners
- How to help your tweens or teens to navigate how to move forward when a friendship or romantic relationship ends
I hope you'll join us for our Book Club Read: "Finding Me," by Viola Davis.
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Me-Memoir-Viola-Davis-ebook/dp/B099WXTZGM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=finding+me&qid=1676247515&sr=8-1
Read "Finding Me," and then submit your questions or comments and I might read yours on the air on our Book Club discussion that will be released on Tuesday, March 21st. You can message me by sending me an instagram direct message, email me or message me on our private facebook group. All of those links are below.
In our Drop of Zen today (our short guided meditation) I will lead you through a short guided meditation.
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