If your go-to parenting tools are falling flat and your connection feels like it’s slipping through your fingers, this episode is here to meet you right in that tension.

We’ll unpack why the old scripts—rewards, punishments, even heartfelt reasoning—stop working in the tween and teen years (hint: it’s not because you’re doing it wrong). You’ll learn what’s happening in her brain when she seems impossible to reach, how emotional safety shifts everything, and what to say in moments that usually spiral.