140: Can I Talk My Teen Out of a Toxic Romance?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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A mother writes in asking how to protect her teen from a controlling and degrading relationship. Dr. Lisa and Reena discuss the nature of unhealthy relationships and how and when adults should intervene. Reena asks how parents can recognize the early signs of a harmful connection. Lisa explains how thoughtful people can find themselves in bad relationships and why the stakes can be incredibly high for a teen's well-being. Dr. Lisa’s Resource Guide The National Domestic Hotline - 1.800.799.SAFE SMS: Text START to 88788 Www.Joinonelove.org Join us for our first Ask Lisa LIVE streaming event. Nov 6th, Monday, 8pm est Buy tickets at: https://stagepilot.com/asklisa Follow and subscribe to our new YouTube channel where you can see all our latest video episodes: https://youtube.com/@asklisapodcast And follow us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan. Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: https://www.goodtroubleproductions.com

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rina Ninean and this is Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:10.7	It's a podcast to help parents better understand their kids. Dr. Lisa DeMore, a psychologist with three
0:17.2	decades of experience, and the author of three New York Times best-selling parenting
0:21.8	books takes your questions. Both of us are moms ourselves, and we're eager to hear from you.
0:27.1	So send us your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.LisaDemore.com. And you can join our community
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0:38.3	And also subscribe to our brand new YouTube channel, Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:43.6	Episode 140, can I talk my teen out of a toxic romance?
0:52.0	Oh, teens.
0:53.1	Why are relationships for teenagers so much more intense than at any other age?
0:58.7	Yeah, right. Well, there is that kind of amped up nature of adolescent emotions. I think there's also the novelty piece, right? I think, you know, people talk about like their first love right or their first heartbreak
1:13.3	maybe there's something inoculating like when you've had your heart broken having it broken a
1:19.2	second time maybe isn't as bad but I think there's something about the newness what do you think
1:23.6	rena yeah no I think when you're experiencing it for the first time, I also imagine
1:28.0	your hormones and everything amplified, as you often tell us. Things can be intense. But we got
1:35.4	this letter talking about a toxic romance, which is something I often think about with teens,
1:41.1	but it's really interesting. I'm going to read you this letter. It says, Dear Dr. Lisa Nrina, what do you do when your teen is in a bad relationship that they can't
1:48.7	seem to get away from? It wasn't until our daughter broke up with her boyfriend, about a year ago,
1:53.6	that she told me about all the terrible things he was doing and saying to her. He was controlling
1:58.4	what she wore, who she saw, her friendships, and more. And he told
2:02.3	her she was worthless, that she's disgusting and more. We had no idea this was going on. Since the
2:07.9	breakup, she does go through periods of time where she wants to get back together with him, starts
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