Raising Teens with Collett Smart

Family separation or divorce can be a tricky topic, especially when there are children involved, so today Collett chats with family therapist and mental health social worker Davide Di Pietro, about how we can support our teens through this process.

You can check out what Davide is doing at The Resilience Centre

The Resilience Doughnut

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

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Brooke Prentis joins Collett to talk about what it means to be an indigenous teen and how we can support them in this modern world.

Brooke's Website

First Languages Australia Website - GAMBAY Map

Common Grace #RaiseTheAge Public Hearing with link to the Full broadcast (Session commences at 3:48:00 and Common Grace’s opening statement is at 3:55:30)

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

Support the show: https://hope1032.com.au/donate

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Ashley Fell from McCrindle Research, joins Collett to talk about what the future workforce might look like for the Teens of today.

McCrindle Website  

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

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Today Collett is chats with clinical psychologist Dr Mary Kaspar, about a new way to look at popularity and why our teens struggle with these tricky social dynamics.

Mary's Website - The Popular Girls 

Mitch Prinstein's Books Mentioned - Popular and Like Ability Co-authored with Lori Getz

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

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Today Collett is joined by educator and youth advocate Daniel Principe, to chat about the pornification of our culture from the male perspective, and what a billion-dollar industry is doing to the minds of our young men.

Daniel's Website - Last Of The Romans or have him Speak at your organisation
Collective Shout Website

Resources for you to do your own research
Collett’s book - They'll Be Okay chapter13
YBOP - https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/
FTND’s Get the Facts articles - https://fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts/ 

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline Crisis Support 13 11 14
1800Respect 1800 737 732 (Page on Sexual Assault)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800
White Ribbon - Pathways to Change
Respectful Relationships | Understanding Boys

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

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On this episode we talk with both educator Sharon Witt and global director of research at Movember Dr Zac Seidler, about helping our teens if a family member takes their own life.

Visit Dr Zac's Website and check out Movember

Visit Sharon's Website and check out The Resilient Kids Conference

If your life or the life of someone you know is in danger Immediately call 000

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800
Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
All Hours Suicide Support Service (AHS) 1800 859 585
Suicide Callback service 1300 659 467
Black Dog Institute

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

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This episode Collett speaks with psychologists Jocelyn Brewer and A/Prof Wayne Warburton, and counsellor Leonie Smith, about the balance of digital input in our teen's lives.

To learn more about our guests, you can check out the links below

Jocelyn Brewer

A/Prof Wayne Warburton

Leonie Smith

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

Support the show: https://hope1032.com.au/donate

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we head toward the end of the school year, Collett chats with educator and youth coach Claire Eaton, about how to help our young teens prepare for the transition to High School.

To learn more about Claire work you can visit her website and check out her Books and Pep talks

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

Support the show: https://hope1032.com.au/donate

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To start off Season 5 of Raising Teens, Collett sits down with Dr. Michael Nagel to chat about the science of the Teenage Brain.

To learn more about Michael, his work, or his books you can visit his website.

Additional Resources

Dr. Eva Telzer - Positive Risk Taking

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

Support the show: https://hope1032.com.au/donate

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After a great Season 4, Collett sits down to tackle some of the questions that you have sent. 
These include: 
What's the difference between depression and my teen just being moody?
What do I do if my child is acting defiant?
How do I talk about difficult topics with my teen?

And more!

We'll be back for Season 5 in a couple of weeks.

Resources for Support or to Learn More
Lifeline - Crisis Support 13 11 14
Kids Helpline - Free phone-counselling for young people 1800 55 1800

'Click here to contact Collett or ask her a question’ or Click here to contact the Raising Teens team.

Collett is a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, and internationally published author, with 25 years' experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice.

Visit Raising Teens for more resources, click here for Collett's books, or join the discussion on Facebook.

Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

Support the show: https://hope1032.com.au/donate

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.