Parenting teenagers untangled. š The audio hug for parents of teens and tweens.
Welcome to your weekly audio hug where no question is a bad question, and curiosity beats judgment every time.
I'm a former BBC Correspondent, and mum, on a mission to bring parents of tweens and teens stability, calm and humour. Most of all, I want to help us all get better at connecting with our teens so we can genuinely enjoy parenting them.Ā
Each week, I take a topic, research it, and find you the best answers. Whether interviewing experts, chatting with my friend Susie, or getting the lowdown from my own teenagers.Ā
Susie - friend, Mindfulness guru, and fellow parent in the trenches - brings her wisdom and personal stories to help us contemplate a different perspective.
No one has this parenting thing masteredāeven parents or experts who seem like they do. Making mistakes isnāt failing, itās learning. And good parenting? Itās a lifelong journey.
At the heart of it all, our kids just want to be loved for who they are, not just what they do so ditch perfection and choose connection.Ā
š Do you have a question, a story, or just need to vent? Drop me a line at [email protected] (total privacy, no judgment, promise).
What the Independent Podcasting Awards Said:
š£ļø āThe advice in this podcast is universally helpfulānot just for parents of teenagers.ā
šļø āA great mix of personal stories and professional insightārefreshing, informative, and packed with extra resources.ā
š āThe chemistry between Rachel and Susie is fantastic. Itās like sitting down with smart, funny friends who actually get it.ā
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 157
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Parents vs Teachers: The school drama nobody enjoys, with the Good Schools Guide. 158
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When things go wrong at school parents are bound to feel stressed, wanting the problem to be resolved as soon as possiā¦
Sunday Service Community Catch Up
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The benefits of giving our kids an allowance: https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/money-giving-teens-and-tweens-an-alloā¦
Mental Health, and Teen Phone Use with Oxford Psychologist Lucy Foulkes. 157
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How we parents manage technology in our homes, and what we put in the hands of our kids, has turned into one of the moā¦
Lessons in parenting from adult kids who go no contact: 156
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Do you ever worry about losing touch with your kids as they grow up?Ā
In this episode of Teenagers Untangled I'm joinedā¦
Teens, screens and mobiles: bans and boundaries: 155
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The latest narrative around online safety, phones and devices, is pushing for bans to keep our kids safer and happier.ā¦
Criticism and judgement. Is it possible to offer support without making parents feel bad? 154
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Judgment can be both useful and harmful. When it works well it's a safety mechanism for keeping kids from being harmedā¦
Why Mothers Aren't Happy: Burnout, Mental Load and the Second Shift. 153
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Women's happiness has been in decline since the 1970's despite increased freedoms and opportunities, says Dr Giselle Gā¦
Angry teenagers: How to parent tweens and teens through their anger - Vintage. 152
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We all loose our cool sometimes. but teenagers can find it particularly challenging to stay calm or calm down when enrā¦
How to Set Boundaries That Actually Work With Teens: Vintage. 151
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Featuring Mindfulness expert, Susie Asli
Having kids can seem like a non-stop obstacle course trying to get another livā¦
Motivation: How to motivate a young person, teen or tween: Vintage. 150
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We'd all love our children to breeze through school, enjoying a satisfying academic life, having lots of friends, and ā¦
Alcohol. A Smart Parents' Guide to Helping Teens Take a Healthy Approach - 149
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More than half of kids who've drunk alcohol under the age of 15 in the UK were offered it by their parents.Ā
Alcohol haā¦
Vintage: How to talk so your teenager will listen, and teens wanting to sleep together. 148
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Remember those years when your child followed you everywhere, and gazed at you with adoring eyes because you knew everā¦
Puberty, toxic friendships, 'Pick me' girls - top tips for parenting teenagers from teenagers. 147
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It's a rare luxury to have both my girls available for half an hour to record an episode, and when I do I love to talkā¦
Support Your Teen Starting University: Including the thing that makes all the difference. 146
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Long term listener, Cathy, has asked us some very heartfelt and important questions about how to support her teen at uā¦
145: How to stop a downward spiral before it happens with Dr Greg Walton 'One of psychology's greatest'
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Wouldn't it be great if we knew when and how we parents and teachers can make a massive long-term difference by doing ā¦
144: First love, breakups & LGBTQ. How to support your teen.
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First love can be immensely powerful; a profound and unforgetable journey that shapes who we are. It teaches us about ā¦
143: Underage sex, loneliness, puberty and finding hobbies. Support for you and your teen.
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In this episode I asked Susie to come in and help me tackle some listener questions:
QUESTION: After a recent chat withā¦
142: Why school exam systems need to change and how to support our own kids now
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The intense, content-heavy exam system in the UK kicks off at this time of year with GCSEs and A levels; high-stakes eā¦
141: Success: What really shapes who we become and are parents that important?
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What really shapes success ā nature, nurture, luck? It's a perennial question.Ā
The Family Dynamic is a brilliant, captā¦
140: Respect, artifical intelligence and toxic femininity - the teenage view
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When I asked listeners for their questions one stood out as a worthy of almost an entire episode:Ā
'What does it take tā¦