40. How Skills You Missed as a Child Could Affect Your Parenting of Tweens and Teens Today

This episode first aired under the original name, The Parenting Reset Show. Now we are the Single Parenting Reset podcast–supporting single parents of tweens and teens with real talk on screen time, communication and managing behavior.

Could your tween or teen be missing skills they were meant to learn before second grade — and could you be missing them too?

In this episode, Tess Connolly, LCSW, talks with child development expert Dr. Carol Scott about her “7 Stair Steps” for self-awareness success: trust, dependence, faith, negotiation, vision, compromise, and acceptance. They explore how gaps in these skills can affect relationships, emotional regulation, and resilience — and how both parents and kids can learn or “reset” them at any age. Dr. Scott also shares insights into the surprising similarities between 3-year-olds and tweens, plus practical strategies to help families strengthen these essential abilities.

• Learn the 7 essential skills your tween or teen needs for strong relationships and self-awareness.
• Discover how to identify and recover skills you may have missed in your own early development.
• Get actionable strategies to help your kids (and yourself) grow in trust, negotiation, vision, and more.

Press play to explore how a developmental reset can unlock new growth for you and your children.

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