47. How to Guide Your Tween or Teen Through Their First Sleepovers and Dances

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.

Are you ready for the first big social milestones of your child’s early teen years?

In this solo episode, Tess Connolly, LCSW, shares practical strategies for navigating three major early teen experiences: sleepovers, car rides, and dances. Drawing from her own parenting journey and stories from members of her Parenting Reset Membership, Tess explains how to use these events to build trust, set boundaries, and create open dialogue with your tween or teen.

• Learn how to approach early teen milestones with confidence and clarity.
• Discover ways to set boundaries while fostering independence.
• Understand how to turn these moments into opportunities for deeper connection.

Press play to learn how to navigate the early teen years while keeping trust, communication, and connection front and center.

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The Single Parenting Reset Show supports single moms, working moms, and all parents with practical parenting tips on screen time, emotional regulation, co-parenting, stress relief, setting boundaries, building trust, and raising confident tweens and teens, while tackling tech addiction, behavior problems, and parent burnout with conscious parenting strategies for stronger family connection.

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