184. Dr. Lisa Damour on Raising Kind, Respectful Adolescents (Starting When They're Little)
HERself
Abby and Amy
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🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
We are bringing you something we’ve never really spoken about in the past. We are talking about adolescents and teenagers. We cover really hot topics including when it’s appropriate to give your child a cell phone. Our guest is Dr. Lisa Damour. She is a mom of two daughters, a psychologist, and the author of three New York Times best selling books that help parents untangle family life.
Dr. Lisa answers our questions on when we should start laying the groundwork with our children so that they can be resilient and cope with the challenges that come with the adolescent years. She covers how we can help our kids develop a solid self-esteem even if they’re not one of the stars. Body autonomy, expressing feelings, and how to support your kids in school are just a few of the topics we cover in today’s episode.
If you are the parent of an adolescent, or will be transitioning to this stage soon, you are not going to want to miss this episode! Be sure to tag both @herselfpodcast and @lisadamour on your Instagram stories and share this episode!
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| 0:00.0 | We have to be prepared for the fact that they're not going to always want to work on our |
| 0:03.2 | terms, like they did when they were little. |
| 0:05.9 | And we're still going to need to want to, you know, make it work and work with their |
| 0:09.9 | terms and not take it personally, that they don't want to work on our terms, not insist |
| 0:13.3 | that they talk when we feel like talking, not insist that they answer the questions that |
| 0:16.7 | come to us. |
| 0:17.9 | We need to actually be more flexible and amenable to connecting in the ways that they have in |
| 0:23.1 | mind. |
| 0:25.1 | I'm Amy, and I'm Abby, and as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. |
| 0:34.2 | But your life isn't supposed to look like hers. |
| 0:37.4 | Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to |
| 0:41.7 | grow with a purpose. |
| 0:43.2 | We get vulnerable and real, with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all |
| 0:48.5 | face. |
| 0:49.5 | And every woman listening is the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself. |
| 0:58.3 | We're really excited for this episode today because we're bringing you something that |
| 1:03.2 | we haven't really in the past. |
| 1:05.5 | Today we're going to talk about adolescence and even teenagers, including some really |
| 1:10.7 | hot topics like when we give a cell phone. |
| 1:14.2 | So our guest today is Dr. Lisa Demore. |
| 1:16.7 | She's a mom of two daughters, a psychologist, and the author of three New York Times |
| 1:21.7 | bustling books that help parents untangle family life. |
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