Connection with Teenagers

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of connection in parenting teenagers and offers strategies to build meaningful relationships.

What if we were to identify the single most important component of parenting teenagers? I think, and I come with receipts: it would be connection. ​ Connection can help us decrease distance to increase influence and trust . We know that busyness at work or at home doesn't necessarily translate to impact. How can we build meaningful connection, moving beyond the demands of everyday life to real connection? This episode offers some specific ways to create connection, explores connection through several lenses, and acknowledges that the whole thing can just be hard. But: we can do it, and I believe in you. Let's dive in.

People in this episode

Host: Julie Winchester Workman

Topics covered

• connection
• parenting teenagers
• trust
• influence
• meaningful relationships
• overcoming challenges

Keywords

• parenting
• teenagers
• connection
• trust
• influence
• relationships
• challenges

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