What you think about your teen greatly impacts you, your parenting and your teen.

How you think about your teen is not hidden from your teen. It is very evident to them. You wear the delight, the joy or the fear, sadness or anger on your face. How you think about your teen comes out in your words. It comes out in your actions. It comes out in your questions. It comes out in your body language.

How you think about your teen is the deep work of parenting. How do you think about your teen? If I asked you to fill in the blank. My teen is_____ . What would you say?

Because teens are hard wired for drama, it's easy for parents to think of their teens in a negative way. But that's not the whole story. That is not who your teen is.

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