222: The Summer of Building Independence

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Reena Ninan

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

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Are you tired of doing EVERYTHING for your kids? Use summer as Independence Bootcamp! Dr. Lisa & Reena explore game-changing strategies to empower kids with life skills, from doing laundry to riding public transportation to managing personal appointments. Discover the powerful "doing for, doing with, standing by to admire" technique that turns chores into confidence-building moments. Lisa also shares a strategy that instantly shuts down negotiation battles. This episode is your roadmap to raising self-sufficient, resilient kids who actually want to help around the house. We want to hear from you! What's the most challenging chore you've taught your kids? ________________ “Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting” is the essential podcast for parents seeking expert guidance, tested strategies, and psychological insights on raising kids, especially tweens and teens. Join renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour and former journalist and mom of two Reena Ninan as they explore real-life parenting challenges. Looking to learn more about how to boost kids’ resilience, build their confidence, or support their emotional well-being? Dr. Lisa and Reena have got you covered! Together they address listener questions about stress, anxiety, social media concerns, school pressures, and challenges in peer relationships. Each episode provides practical advice and science-backed solutions to help parents raise resilient, confident, and emotionally healthy kids. Tune in every week for the latest topics in parenting, child psychology, and family wellness. Get answers to your most pressing parenting questions. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Check out our Ask Lisa Podcast Playlists. Binge specific topics like Raising Sons, Staying Connected to Your Teen: https://www.youtube.com/@asklisapodcast/playlists ________________ Episode Keywords: independence, summer, chores, life skills, responsibility, self-reliance, household management, teen autonomy, summer parenting Show Keywords: ask lisa podcast, dr lisa damour, reena ninan, psychology, parenting, podcast, teens, tweens, parenting teens, parenting tweens, teen parenting, tween parenting, parenting tips, parenting advice, positive parenting, parenting podcast, teen behavior, tween challenges, raising tweens, raising teens, parenting hacks, parenting help, family dynamics, kids podcast, mental health, teen mental health, attachment styles, emotional intelligence

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0:00.0	Tell me a parenting issue everyone struggles with, with tweens and teens, but no one talks about.
0:06.9	Rina, I think a lot of people feel like they just don't know how to connect to their kid anymore.
0:12.3	I'm Rina Ninen and welcome to Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:18.7	And I'm Dr. Lisa D'Amour.
0:20.3	We bring you science-back strategies for managing anxiety, discipline, intense emotions, and more.
0:26.6	We decode tough parenting challenges with tips that you can use right now.
0:32.0	So subscribe to Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast, and join our YouTube community today.
0:37.8	We're here to help you untangle family life.
0:43.5	Episode 22, the Summer of Building Independence.
0:54.0	You know, I am just done. I'm ready for summer. I'm ready for not being on schedule.
1:02.2	I am ready. And you know, it's only like three weeks later I'll be asking for routines.
1:06.2	Exactly. Exactly. Like, where is? It's chaos. What's going on? No, it's so, I have to say, you know, one of my favorite
1:11.6	parts about my life is that my whole family remains very much on a school schedule. You know, my husband's a
1:16.5	teacher. My girls are still alive, one who's now going to be a college senior in the fall, which is hard to
1:21.6	believe. And one who's going to be a high school freshman in the fall. So we are like into it. And then my work shifts in the summer.
1:29.3	I do a lot of work for schools. And so that quiet's in the summer. So like I'm like from a whole
1:35.0	life I'm going to be on a summer schedule routine. Well, I know you very, very well, my friend.
1:40.8	And you are never put your feet up and just hang out for the whole summer kind of gal.
1:44.9	So you are working on some really interesting projects. I am. But it's a changing of gears at least.
1:50.9	I can understand that and appreciate that. We decided, you know, at the end of every season,
1:56.3	instead of taking a letter, we look for your guidance on what and how you think parents should look towards
2:02.3	a summer. And I mean, over the years, we've come out of COVID and in back into COVID. And this
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