The conversations your teen or tween initiates are an opportunity to connect. But you often you miss that opportunity because of your own agenda to turn everything into a teachable moment.

Your need to constantly correct how your teenager thinks, feels, and acts, interferes with your ability to connect with them on a deeper emotional level.

You're inadvertently creating arguments and power struggles because you fail to understand the conversation your teen is trying to have with you. 

Listen to today's episode and learn to ditch your agenda (and the conflict) and start connecting with your teen. 

And be sure to check out today's Substack post (4-22-25) where I give you even more tips on communicating better with your teens and tweens.

Supercommunicators (Charles Duhigg)

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