How Parents Can Get Their Tweens and Teens to Talk to Them with Leena Abdulrahman
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Show Notes
Parents often ask me how they can get their tweens and teens to talk to them more. So on this episode I have my 20 year old daughter, Leena, (AKA Queen Leens), here with me to tell us what gets kids talking to their parents. Leena will tell us what I did right to get her talking and keep her talking throughout her tween and teen years.
I am lucky that Leena has always shared a lot about what was going on in her life. But there were times when we struggled with communication. Leena and I will talk about some of those challenges, including a fashion choice I disagreed with. I refer to this as "Tube Top Gate," and we have some laughs as we remember our past disagreements. I also have some insight in real time as to what I could have done differently to lesson the arguments about wearing a tube top to school.
Some of the strategies that we discuss in this episode include parents doing the following: deeply listening, validating, putting themselves in their tween or teen's shoes, remaining neutral (at least on the outside), being non judgmental and talking about difficult topics when they are not in the middle of a heated disagreement.
It's 100% normal for tweens and teens to keep some things to themselves. But if if you want to get your kids to talk to you when it matters then listen in for some helpful strategies to get your tweens and teens talking and keep them talking to YOU!
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