The Parenting Teens Solutions Podcast. (Parenting Teens With Purpose)

Limiting belief mostly stems from criticisms, past judgements and failures. Most challenging negative behaviours can be traced to some form of limiting belief. In this episode, I share my thoughts on how parents can help their teens by intentionally focusing on filling up the Positive Emotional Bank of their teens. Teens with more to draw out of their positive emotional bank are likely more resili...

The rise in the number of challenges that many teenagers are faced with in recent times is alarming. Most times, parents are torn with worries of how they can best help their teens. In this episode, I share how understanding them is the gateway to connecting with them and then helping them. Listen in to hear the way we can understand them. I share a strategy that I use in understanding my teen and...

Listening is a big part of our communication to our teens. When teenagers accuse their parents of not listening to them, its their truth and it comes with other thoughts and assumptions. In this episode, I dive into some other thoughts that lie beneath the accusation and how parents can address the matter in a healthy and effective way.

Charles Swindon tells us that life is 10 % of what happend to us and 90% of our we respond to what happened. This quote is the foundation to our conversation on this episode. What we say and do when we react has no time to be filtered and processed of it consequences but when we add a PAUSE, we create pathways for more understanding and reflections. Postponing our corrections in the moment of non-...

It is more common to read about the problems families have with their teens than it is to read of the great things about teenagers . In this episode, I share 5 out of many great things about them. I'd love to you to listen to this with your teens nearby. Its a great reminder for them too. In a world that perceives them as negative, its time for us to help change the narrative. Do you agree

As we step into the new year, here are 5 things I would suggest for us to avoid in 2023. Avoiding these will help us connect with them better. Connecting with them better helps them mature and make wiser decisions.

The childhood conversations are becoming very common. As young adults and adult children are discovering you they really are way fromntheir parent, they are asking questions abput their childhood and some are sharing their hurys which can make it a difficult conversation. These conversations need to be had and i want to encourage parents that those conversations are not personal attacks on them, i...

In this Episode, I share on what really matters to every teenager. The ability for parents to listen in a way that doesn't make teens feel judged or criticized is key to their hearts and ears. I share some practical ways we can actively listen and regain their attention.

Parenting through the teens years is said to be hard because of the changes and challenges that parents come across and teenagers go through. It is a big mistake for us to conclude that all the efforts we put in parenting them as children is enough to see them through their teenage years. Parenting teens requires pressing the reset button and evolving through this process as well. Parents who don'...

I was recently asked this question on Instagram and so decided to share my thoughts here on our podcast as well. The tips and tricks are found in our daily interactions with them. Listen till the end to hear what we need to do more of on a daily basis. Let's connect on Instagram www.instagram/phinnahchichi and www.instagram.com/parentingteenssolutions

When I come across rising figures of mental and emotional health distress among children and teenagers, my heart literally sinks. Its heartbreaking. There are many external factors that play a part to these rising numbers, but i want to focus on a part thatvwevhave control over. Our words to them or at them especially in times of distress. Listen in and lets talk some more about this. Lets connect...

Many parents are worried about their teens no longer opening up to them as they used. Some of the reasons teens may not open up may be due to  1. Fear of Judgement 2. Fear of Criticism 3. Fear of Dismissals 4. Embarrassment/Shame/Guilt 5. Low self-esteem In this episode, I share more about how you can have them open up to you. It requires some reconnecting tools, which I give examples of and...

Mood swings are very common during the teen years. How can parents respond better snd be supportive during those mood swings? In this episode, I share 5 points to help us handle those mood swings. Actually I added a bonus point towards the end of the episode. Looking forward to hearing from you on what you thought about this episode '. Remember you can reach out on ask@parentingteenssolutions.com

Behind most of those anger reactions we see in teenagers also lies their inabilities to self regulate their emotions. Many of them haven't learnt how,  they haven't been modeled to in greater details and they haven't been supported in times of their anger outbursts. When teenagers learn how to self regulate, they can be better friends to their friends, they can get along with others in social...

The fear of being judged is what puts a lot of teenagers off from sharing their concerns with their parents. As parents, we never set out to be judgmental but some of the ways we respond, can seem judgmental. In today's episode , i talk about what being nonjudgmental looks like in parenting teens?

Mental Health illnesses among teenagers are on the rise. How can we help as parents? What are some things we could do to help our teenagers build resilience and manage their mental health? Their mental health is just as important as their physical health. In this episode, I share 3 ways we can help nurture their mental health.

Self Control is the most important control to have in parenting. In this episode, I share what self control looks like and why it is a very important skill for both ourselves as parents for our children/teens. I would encourage you to reflect on your self control. Do you need to work on it some more? Then please take the step to start working on your self control. As one of my favourite quote says...

Many parents share with me the frustrations they have over their teens's habit of telling lies. In this Episode, I share on how we can address this with our teens in a way that makes them get the point. It is not enough just to tell them that telling lies is wrong. I also share on how we can bring the concept of integrity into the conversation. Lets know your thoughts about this issue. I also shar...

On this episode, I get the honor of speaking to our guest, Kimball Lewis. Kimball Lewis is an executive who has spent his career using research and technology to improve the lives of individuals and businesses. He began his career as a health, welfare, and child policy researcher for a leading public policy think-tank in Washington, DC. He then served as a technologist and executive in a series of...

Listening to our Teens is so much easier said than done. They sometimes comes up with suggestions that we think doesn't make sense. As parents we have more experience in years and that can sometimes be an obstacle to listening. In this episode, I share a story about a particular issue with my 15 year old daughter where the power of listening made a huge difference. I hope my story helps you to kee...

Parental conflicts are not new They are quiet common. We think differently. We were brought up differently and we handle things differently. It is important to know that why we cannot also avoid these conflicts, we can decide what role we plat in them and what we model to our children. In this episode, I share 5 points that will help parents navigate through parental conflicts more effectively. Yo...

Every day we are writing our stories as parents. Every day what we say and how we say what we say is either building up our stories or tearing them down. I love that we get a chance to rewrite our stories. In this Episode, I also share an interesting example of Thomas Edison's mom. Let's rewrite our stories by embracing what needs to be learnt to be more evolved parents and unlearning unhelpful wa...

We all want to see some changes in our homes right? Are we willing to be the igniters of those changes? Do we know that being the ones to ignorr the changes does not mean we caused the problems? Change is needed for a change to happen . In this episode, I share a personal story of how I initiated a change with my teen son and got the result that I desired. Listen to this Episode and let me know wh...

In this episode, I share a few tips on how to nuture our children's sibling relationships. I also share some mistakes we should avoid making as they can fuel the sibling rivalry. I also shared 2 questions from parents on sibling rivalry and shared my tips and suggestions to them. If you are on instagram, don't forget to follow our page @parentingteensolutions and also subscribe to your YouTube cha...

In this episode, I share 3 things we can avoid doing to keep our positive influence intact with our teens. As parents, we come with a lot of experiences and knowledge to share with our teens and theses 3 things if not avoided, could get in the way of our teens listening to us and trusting our opinions on important matters.