#248: How To Get Your Teenager To Actually Listen To You
About this episode
This episode discusses effective parenting strategies for communicating with teenagers by understanding their brain development and the ineffectiveness of traditional punishment methods.
In this episode, I'll completely flip your understanding of teen discipline — because if grounding, taking the phone, punishing, and lecturing haven't worked, it's not because you haven't tried hard enough, it's because those approaches are working against your teen's developing brain. Today I'm breaking down exactly why traditional punishment backfires every single time, what teen brain development actually means for your parenting approach, and what discipline is truly supposed to acc...
People in this episode
Host: Ann Coleman, J.D.
Topics covered
- teen discipline
- parenting
- teen brain development
- communication
- punishment alternatives
Keywords
- teen discipline
- parenting strategies
- communication with teens
- brain development
- punishment alternatives
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