How to Discipline a Teenager Without Punishment | Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

About this episode

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson discusses effective parenting strategies for disciplining teens by focusing on brain development and skill-building rather than punishment.

In this episode, I sit down with psychotherapist and bestselling author Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, co-author with Dr. Dan Siegel of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. We talk about what brain science can teach us about raising teens, why punishment can lead teens to hide their mistakes instead of learning from them, and why connection is the foundation for discipline, trust, and independence.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Cam

Guest: Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

Topics covered

• teen discipline
• adolescent brain development
• parenting strategies
• emotional regulation
• decision-making skills

Keywords

• discipline
• teens
• parenting
• brain development
• empathy
• decision-making
• emotional regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Whole Brain Child

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