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.”
🎙️ “A great mix of personal stories and professional insight—refreshing, informative, and packed with extra resources.”
😂 “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
Favourite parent; and teenagers trying to ‘express’ themselves? Blue hair? Tattoos anyone? 17
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Do you have a teen at home who's all sweet and loving with one parent, but treats the other like they're a bad smell? …
Boy friendships. Also what the %#*!😳 we should do about swearing? 16
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When we covered the issues of friendship groups, with girls in mind, we had a massive reaction from parents who have b…
Self-harm: What can I do if my teen is self-harming? Also, what's your talking style? 15
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The rate of self-harm among young children in the UK has doubled over the last six years according to recent research …
What No One Tells You About Teens and Anxiety. 14
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The anxiety epidemic:
In 2020 the UK charity Mental Health Foundation surveyed more than 2,000 children and found 50 pe…
Pornography:What you need to know before having THAT talk. 13
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WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT.
Pornography is probably as old as art itself. Whether you indulge, or wouldn't go near it,…
Bullying, and the best way to tackle it. Also, dealing with teenage backchat. 12
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A definition of bullying: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918673/
Negative physical, verbal, or relation…
Lone parenting and Understanding Teen Mood Swings. 11
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Lone parenting:
One of Susie’s superpowers has been raising three kids alone, so this time we look at some of the issue…
Friendship: Girls and toxic groups, also resilience: how to get your teen to keep going instead of giving up at the first hurdle. 10
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If you know the film Mean Girls you're no stranger to the concept that teen friendship groups can be fraught with prob…
Screens and teens and healthy eating. 9
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More than half of UK parents in one study were concerned that excessive screen time while schools were closed could ca…
Sibling rivalry and how to deal with it as a parent. Also, the vaping teenager. 8
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Is conflict never-ending in your home, or are your teenagers benefitting from having a sibling? We talk about our own …
Did Covid really have that much of an impact on our teens? and the teenage sleep conundrum. 7
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Covid has given everyone a real bashing. For teenagers, one upside is that we now talk more about mental health, but a…
Body image and getting teens to do chores. 6
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A healthy body image: Feeling happy and satisfied with your body and what it can do.
An unhealthy body image: Highly s…
Motivation: How to motivate your teenager when they’re not enjoying school, and what to do when your teenager wants to quit their instrument. 5
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We'd all love our children to breeze through school, enjoying a satisfying academic life, having lots of friends, and …
Mobile phone photos/sexting, and money management using an allowance. 4
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Our teens are growing up in a world of TikTok, You Tube and Instagram, places full of barely dressed people talking fr…
Talking: How to talk so your teenager will listen, and dealing with teen sex in your home. 3
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Remember those years when your child followed you everywhere, and gazed at you with adoring eyes because you knew ever…
Alcohol: How to discuss it, and staying connected. Should we be letting our teenagers drink and what should we be telling them about it? Also, how to stay connected.
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You only have to scan the jokes on birthday cards in the shops to see how much drinking alcohol is ingrained in our cu…
Your parenting toolbox and tidy teen rooms: Rummaging in your toolbox and how you get your teenager to tidy their room.
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Just when you thought that you’d got the hang of parenting, your child changes again... and now they're a teenager.
In …