About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Suzanne Simpson discusses how parental instincts to intervene when a teenager is failing can undermine their confidence and offers better responses.

Has a failing grade ever made you want to step in and fix everything? That instinct comes from love, but it may be quietly taking a brick out of the foundation of your teenager's confidence. In this episode, I share three things parents do when a teenager is failing that actually make things worse, and the better response for each one. I start with a real story: a friend whose son was failing a high-level math class and my one question that changed what she did next. A failing grade is not a ...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Suzanne Simpson

Topics covered

• teen resilience
• parenting
• education
• confidence
• failure

Keywords

• teenager
• failing grades
• resilience
• parenting advice
• confidence building

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