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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🗣️ “The advice in this podcast is universally helpful—not just for parents of teenagers.”
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😂 “The chemistry between Rachel and Susie is fantastic. It’s like sitting down with smart, funny friends who actually get it.”
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 157
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Sleeping in until late during the holidays. Tips for coping with teens and tweens who're waking up later and later. 98
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When a lone mother came onto our Facebook group to look for support with her teenage son who's done very little with h…
Public displays of affection and sex in your home. Listener email. 97
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Living with a teenager can make us feel queezy at times because we keep losing our bearings. They're changing rapidly,…
Switching parental gears for their new school year. 96
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The holidays are a great time to begin preparing our kids for the next year, but there's so much we could be doing it'…
Screen time for tweens and teens: The latest on what works and what doesn't. 95
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If you're a bit confused about how much you should be wading in on your young adolescent's screen time then you're not…
Summer flip or summer flop? What will your teen be doing with their summer, and does it really matter? 94
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The amount of holiday teens get varies enormously around the world. For some, it's a much needed break from routine, f…
Is your teen being lazy, or could they be lacking a key executive skill? 93
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It's incredibly frustrating to parent a teen who seems smart but is constantly late, can't set effective goals, can't …
Values, and how being strong about our own can help teens navigate a society of desires. Listener email. 92
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Hermes was a Greek god able to move quickly and freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine, helped by his …
Exams, depression, work, national service, Sigma and Bigorexia, we cover it all in our May chat. 91
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I scan the newspapers daily to keep an eye on what's going on that might be relevant to us parents. I usually share it…
Failure to launch: What we can learn from struggling young adults about how to help our teens.90
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We all love our kids and hope for the best, but we also worry about how well they'll navigate life once they're old en…
Missing out: The pain of FOMO. Why it’s particularly bad for teens, and how to help your teen. 89
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Missing out can cause visceral pain; particularly for teenagers, but why is it so awful and can anything be done to he…
Nagging: Reducing the friction using the magic of routine. 88
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Is it a constant battle to get your teens to do the right thing? Getting them to bed on time, eating healthily, keepin…
School: Angry kids, bad behaviour, and school avoidance. What can parents and teachers do? 87
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Nearly one in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year, according to a BBC survey.
But it's not just …
Where’s my village? The stress of parenting in the ‘sandwich generation’.86
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My aunt and uncle provide a huge amount of free childcare so that their son and daughter-in-law can work, but many say…
Perfectionism: Help your teen, and yourself, overcome the need to be perfect. 85
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Nobody likes making mistakes, but some of us find it much harder than others. Whilst most of us look on with admiratio…
Money: Giving teens and tweens an allowance. Two years on. 84
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What we give our kids to spend, and when, is a perennial problem for all parents. Money is a really tricky topic in an…
Fun: Having fun with our teens, and the bonding power of laughter. 83
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Many teenagers say their relationship with their parents is very stressful and they yearn to be able to get along bett…
Resilience: Growing Resilience In Teens, or GRIT. An interview with Dr Louise Randall. 82
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Grit is the ability to keep going toward a goal, even in spite of significant obstacles and distractions. It's a very …
Concentration, and the troubling effect of too many choices. 81
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Does a goldfish have a longer attention span than us humans - as a Microsoft study found - or do we believe the lates…
Eldest daughter 'syndrome' and the trouble with parentification. 80
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The hashtag #eldestdaughtersyndrome is reported to have had a whopping 24.7 million views on TikTok, and counting, but…
Taking things personally, coping with adversity, teen love and changing our minds when we get new information. 79
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Sometimes it's good to talk about our own challenges. The occasional chat in which we discuss the sorts of things we'v…