New Science on Navigating the Breakthrough Teen Years

Raising Good Humans

Voicing Change Media

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this episode, Ellen Galinsky, author, educator, and researcher joins us to discuss the pressing challenges and anxieties facing parents and adolescents today. Delving into themes of Galinsky’s new book “The Breakthrough Years”, we explore adolescent mental health, the impact of social media, and the multitude of pressures teenagers have to grapple with. Listen to discover how to turn challenges into opportunities for growth and how to foster the development of executive function skills. Sponsors: BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/HUMANS today to get 10% off your first month. KiwiCo: Get 50% off your first month on ANY crate line at kiwico.com with promo code RGH NerdWallet: Don’t wait to make smart financial decisions. Compare and find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, and more today at NerdWallet.com IQBAR: For 20% off all IQBAR products. Text HUMANS to 64000. Dime Beauty: Go to DIMEBeautyco.com now and unlock your discount on the site. Produced by Dear Media This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.0	Welcome to Raising Good Humans,
0:10.0	I'm Dr. Eliza Pressman,
0:12.7	and today I am thrilled to be in conversation
0:15.2	with Ellen Galinsky.
0:17.2	This is not her first time here.
0:18.9	She is a beautiful colleague and friend
0:22.2	and her latest book,
0:24.2	The Breakthrough Years, a New Scientific Framework
0:27.0	for Raising Teens is today's topic.
0:30.2	And I'm just gonna tell you what I said in my blurb because I loved this book so much and I'm excited for all of you to have access to it.
0:39.0	I said, so often the narrative about adolescents tells us our children are in trouble.
0:45.0	This meticulously researched book is different.
0:48.0	It highlights the timing of heightened adolescent brain plasticity,
0:51.0	thus giving us an opportunity to support adolescents and the tools to navigate
0:55.8	these changes. If you have, care for, or care about an adolescent, this book will change
1:01.4	your relationship and most importantly inspire you, not frighten you in the process.
1:07.0	So today's specific conversation is around thinking about three pain points that are so salient in the news
1:17.8	right now and so on the top of minds of anyone raising emerging adolescents
1:22.3	and adolescents.
1:24.0	One is balancing the pressure to achieve
1:26.9	with helping kids with motivation at a time
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