<p>As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play a critical role in your teen's success. There are intentional ways to foster a healthy parent-teen relationship, and assisting your teen in learning how to deal with peer pressure provides a valuable opportunity.</p>

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play a critical role in your teen's success. There are intentional ways to foster a healthy parent-teen relationship, and assisting your teen in learning how to deal with peer pressure provides a valuable opportunity.

Peer Pressure for Your 14-Year-Old

Your fourteen-year-old is in the process of learning to manage strong feelings, understanding their increased expectations at home, growing friendships, and attempting to meet academic standards. All of these new experiences can feel overwhelming. Now is the time to build a trusting relationship with your child/teen and support them in managing their own actions, solving problems, and making healthy decisions. Knowing how to offer this parental support is not easy. Parents and those in a parenting role have access to resources to guide them on their parenting journey from ToolsforYourChildsSuccess.org. This podcast provides a process and tools that will empower you to support your child/teen in developing social and emotional skills required for lifelong success. Engaging your child/teen in conversations using the process available in this podcast will grow the healthy relationship necessary for managing challenges today and in future.  

Every stage in your child’s/teen’s life brings excitement as well as challenges to mitigate.  ToolsforYourChildsSuccess.org offers parents and those in a parenting role tools for every age as their child/teen matures and their needs evolve. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services worked with the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University to encourage healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development through ToolsforYourChildsSuccess.org. Although initially created to offer support to parents in Montana, the resources available can benefit parents and those in a parenting role everywhere.  

The five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize, helps you engage your child/teen in working through struggles while building a strong relationship. As you become comfortable using the process to engage your child/teen, you will feel empowered to resolve challenges together, today and in the future. A healthy relationship and communication skills are the foundation needed to build the skills necessary for success. The specific tools accessible for parenting your fourteen-year-old include: Anger, Back Talk, Bullying, Chores, Confidence, Conflict, Discipline, Establishing Rules About Alcohol, Friends, Homework, Listening, Lying, Mixed Messages About Alcohol, Peer Pressure, Reading, Routines, and Stress. Listen now to build your confidence as a parent and support your child in building lifelong skills.

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Your fourteen-year-old is in the process of learning to manage strong feelings, understanding their increased expectations at home, growing friendships, and attempting to meet academic standards. All of these new experiences can feel overwhelming. Now is the time to build a trusting relationship with your child/teen and support them in managing their own actions, solving problems, and making healthy decisions. Knowing how to offer this parental support is not easy. Parents and those in a parenting role have access to resources to guide them on their parenting journey from ToolsforYourChildsSuccess.org. This podcast provides a process and tools that will empower you to support your child/teen in developing social and emotional skills required for lifelong success. Engaging your child/teen in conversations using the process available in this podcast will grow the healthy relationship necessary for managing challenges today and in future. Every stage in your child’s/teen’s life brings excitement as well as challenges to mitigate. ToolsforYourChildsSuccess.org offers parents and those in a parenting role tools for every age as their child/teen matures and their needs evolve. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services worked with the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University to encourage healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development through ToolsforYourChildsSuccess.org. Although initially created to offer support to parents in Montana, the resources available can benefit parents and those in a parenting role everywhere. The five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize, helps you engage your child/teen in working through struggles while building a strong relationship. As you become comfortable using the process to engage your child/teen, you will feel empowered to resolve challenges together, today and in the future. A healthy relationship and communication skills are the foundation needed to build the skills necessary for success. The specific tools accessible for parenting your fourteen-year-old include: Anger, Back Talk, Bullying, Chores, Confidence, Conflict, Discipline, Establishing Rules About Alcohol, Friends, Homework, Listening, Lying, Mixed Messages About Alcohol, Peer Pressure, Reading, Routines, and Stress. Listen now to build your confidence as a parent and support your child in building lifelong skills.

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