Episode 184 -"Helping Parents and Teens Navigate Through Life's Toughest Issues Part 1" Guest: Dr. Jessica Peck

Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

Dr. Meg Meeker

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Recognizing signs mental health in our teens can be difficult in this day and age. Dr. Jessica Peck talks about the importance of connecting with our teens face to face and shares some tips to better understand where our teens are struggling. We have to view the world as they see it if we want to connect with or influence our teens worldviews. They discuss the L.O.V.E parenting model as well. Some topics covered: • It takes a village to parent kids. Have someone who is a neutral party that they feel safe and comfortable with, especially in divorced households. • Teens care about what we think of them. • Kids today feel the need to be perfect or insta-ready. • The L.O.V.E. your teen model is 1. Listen 2. Offer open ended questions 3. Validate their emotions 4. Explore next steps together. • Most common mental health issues in teens today are anxiety/depression and eating disorders. Some factors for these issues can include genetics and environmental. • We tend to over-spiritualize mental health and think our faith isn’t strong enough in some cases. FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode #184, Helping Parents and Teens Navigate Through Life's Toughest Issues Part 1, and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach more than SEVEN MILLION downloads! Please subscribe, rate and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook & Instagram @MegMeekerMD Check out Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools! www.meekerparenting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's what would you do if you had a teen who was threatening to run away?
0:10.6	Or how about a teen who was depressed and wouldn't talk to you?
0:15.1	Well this is the show for you because joining me today on the show is Dr. Jessica Peck.
0:21.8	As a pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care, over the last 20 years Dr. Jessica Peck
0:27.6	has engaged, encouraged, equipped, and empowered families to raise holistically healthy kids.
0:35.6	She guides parents to help navigate challenging parenting moments to escape shame and stigma
0:41.5	with grace, hope, and courage.
0:44.8	As a native Texan, she's a clinical professor at the Baylor University Louise Harrington School
0:50.1	of Nursing.
0:51.1	An internationally awarded nursing leader, she served as president of the National Association
0:57.5	of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.
0:59.8	She is the author of the book Behind Closed Doors, a guide to help parents and teens navigate
1:07.6	through life's toughest issues.
1:09.4	And this is going to be the topic of our conversation today.
1:12.8	All right, let's get to my interview with Dr. Jessica Peck.
1:19.1	Well Jessica, I'm so excited for interview.
1:22.0	Thank you so much for joining me.
1:24.3	Thank you so much for having me.
1:26.0	I'm really looking forward to this conversation.
1:29.1	You know, you and I are among those odd people that love teenagers and love to go into their
1:35.9	minds, dig around, and see what's there.
1:39.1	And you have just written a new book.
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