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
Manners: Parenting to help teens succeed in life by teaching the importance of good manners. 78
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Many teens roll their eyes if they hear people talking about manners. The concept sounds old fashioned - like somethin…
Admitting our mistakes - talking to our kids about our own sex and drugs and rock and roll teen years. 77
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We've all got a past, but telling our kids about what happened in it is a tricky subject. Whether it's all about the f…
Standards: Setting high expectations without the pressure. 76
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One of the trickiest questions for parents is how to set expectations that help our kids thrive and grow without crush…
Social media and girls posting bikini photos. Help! 75
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They're everywhere. Tabloid news feeds and social media are awash with photos of girls and women in bikinis, and why n…
Diet: Does my teen need to lose weight? How to navigate diet culture with Elyse Resch. 74
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Diets, and an obsession with weight, are so much a part of Western culture that it's hardly surprising our teens can s…
Regrets? Things we parents would do differently. 73
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My teen daughter has told me that the fact I am open about my own failings, and quick to apologise, makes it much easi…
Unreliable parents: The absent or inconsistent parent who’s alcoholic. Also, supporting your teen back to school. 72
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When the other parent is inconsistent, or never turns up for your kid, it can be incredibly challenging for both of yo…
Back to school, third places, manners and our favourite podcasts, shows, books and apps. 71
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We're back with the first fresh episode of 2024. What a good time to talk about some of the things we've been reading,…
New year's resolutions. Love them or loathe them the question is how can we make them work for us? 70
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We've all done it; new year, new me. By January the 11th the lustre has rubbed off our shiny resolutions and we're bac…
Presents: Why is my teen so ungrateful? 69
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Christmas is marketed as a time of magic and joy, but when it comes to your teenagers does it feel more like a time of…
Parenting teenagers two years on: Online, education, anxiety, consequences, and the pressures of parenting. 68
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It's our two year anniversary, and what a ride it's been! Since we're taking a break to spend time with our families, …
Online grooming and sextortion: protecting our teens and tweens. 67
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The pandemic saw thousands of children moving online to learn, socialise, and play. Unfortunately, internet predators …
Eating disorders: An interview with Beat representative Umairah Malik. 66
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One in eight UK teenagers now suffers from an eating disorder, according to the latest figures from the UK's National …
Parenting styles that enable teens to grow into capable adults.65
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We all want the best for our kids, but there's a tricky balancing act between giving them the freedom to make the mist…
How to Talk to Your Teen About Porn Without Shame or Panic. 64
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Has your kid seen porn? Research says 1 in 3 kids have seen explicit, hardcore porn by the age of 12, many by accident…
Charging rent: should you charge your teens and young adults rent? 63
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In an era where house prices have gone up, wages have stagnated, and young people are staying in the family home for l…
Exercise: are teens doing enough, and what can we do to encourage them? 62
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Nobody would argue against the benefits of exercise, but there are lots of school kids who dread physical education le…
‘Trans’ and gender confusion: what to say to teens when we’re often more confused than they are. An interview with expert psychotherapist Stella O'Malley. 61
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The words non-binary, queer, trans, are regularly used in social media and the news nowadays. Many teens are far more …
Triggers and emotional spirals, also mobile phone bans and do schools know what to teach kids anymore? 60
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In most episodes Rachel uses her journalistic background to trawl through studies and find out what a range of experts…
Divorce: Marriage problems; how to talk to a teenager about what’s happening. 59
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Deciding to split can be an incredibly challenging time for any married couple, but knowing the impact it can have on …