Natural Consequences: The Value of Letting Your Child With Substance Use Disorder Make Mistakes with Brenda Zane

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
One of the hardest things for parents to do when their child is struggling is to know when or when not to help them. When they’re little, it’s easy - but as they get older, it’s more complicated because, especially for moms, there’s often an urge to step in and smooth the way and remove obstacles from their path so they don’t have such a hard time. I am 100% guilty of this and know from my work with other moms I’m not alone.

In this episode, I share all about this tendency we have, including:

• common ways parents interfere and remove obstacles from their child's path
• why consequences, even serious ones, aren't necessarily bad
• how to reframe the way you look at the negative experiences your child is going through
• real-life examples of experiences and consequences my son went through when he was living a high-risk life and using substances
• Four things you can do to un-learn rescuing and bubble-wrapping your teen from life

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