Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 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.
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.
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 mastered—even parents or experts who seem like they do. Making mistakes isn’t failing, it’s learning. And good parenting? It’s 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.
💌 Do you have a question, a story, or just need to vent? Drop me a line at [email protected] (total privacy, no judgment, promise).
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 157
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
119: Girls: Sexism, beauty standards, entitlement and misogyny an interview with Jo-Ann Finkelstein
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Encouraging our kids to make the most of themselves is a vital job for parents, but how do we talk with girls about th…
Cancel culture. Bullying or bravery? 117
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The suicide of a young man at Oxford University has prompted a warning letter to the UK Government about 'cancel cultu…
Friendships, frenemies and banter. What to expect and why. 116
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Friendships, and fitting, in are everything to teenagers. You could argue that understanding the dynamics, and support…
The damage of an emotionally immature parent. 115
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If we genuinely think about how many of us are emotionally mature before we become parents the number is probably pret…
Masculinity and image: the Looksmaxxing hashtag that boys follow but parents don't see. 114
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What we see on TikTok often starts on message boards in fringe groups then spills over into the mainstream. This is tr…
Boundaries: How to set them and why they’re so important. 113
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Boundaries exist, regardless of whether we're conscious of them or not. The first place we experience them is in our o…
Motivation: How to motivate your teenager. An interview with eminent Psychologist David Yeager. 112
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When kids hit puberty they become driven by a core motivation that many of us adults don't fully appreciate. It's not …
Stress - the major health issue for parents in our 'culture of comparison'. 111
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Over the last decade, parents have been consistently more likely to report experiencing high levels of stress compared…
How to parent complex kids with ADHD or other differences. 110
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How to parent kids who struggle with ADHD, anxiety and life
Nobody wants their child to struggle, but it's inevitable a…
The hardest part of parenting a teen? We discuss the 18-22 year stage. 109
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A recent Tweet focused my mind on something I've only really glimpsed with a side-eye. We hear so much about the chall…
Therapy. Should all teens get it? Also, do boys actually need male role models? 108
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When an anonymous listener posted this question we thought it would be a great topic to discuss; one that many of our …
How grades harm school students and what we parents can do about it, with Josh Eyler. 107
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Grades are used in education the world over, but why? With the growing mental health crisis in teenagers I've been exp…
Teen weight and body image: Mother and daughter explore the issues. 106
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As your child turns from a tween to a teen it's obvious to everyone that their body and mind are undergoing massive ch…
Reading Festival tips - straight from the mouths of teenagers. 105
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Music festivals are a rite of passage for many teens. Whilst some love the music, the lack of restriction and opportun…
Grades. Our obsession with them fails everyone. An interview with Exam Nation author Sammy Wright.104
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What is school for, and are exam grades a good measure of a human? Does someone's grades tell us what we should know, …
Driving lessons - Top tips for a smooth road ahead. 103
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Whether your teen is currently learning to drive, or those days are in the future, it helps to prepare ahead.
Both Rac…
Rachel's top ten lessons to celebrate 100 episodes!
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It doesn't matter how much we know, and how much we work at it, we'll all struggle to parent well at times; it's just …
Exams: how to cope with boys who fail them and seem apathetic. Email from a step-parent. 102
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In the West, we tend to see success for late teens as passing exams, getting into further education or getting a job, …
Boys: Emotions, masculinity vaccinations, and online influencers an interview with Brendan Kwiatkoswski. 101
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Extreme misogyny, and the resulting violence against women and girls, has recently been described in the UK as a natio…
Shyness: How to support a teen who lacks self-belief and confidence. 99
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We'd all love our kids to have self-belief, and the confidence to make friends easily. The problem is that it's not so…