TPP 384: Ellen Galinsky Takes Us Inside The Breakthrough Years & Raising Thriving Teens

TILT Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 983 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

As I’m sure I’ve said on the show before, there’s no amount of money that could convince me to go back and relive my teenage years. But I do genuinely love and have so much empathy for kids in this phase of life and all that it entails, which is why I’m so happy to share today’s conversation on the show. I had a chance to sit down with renowned parenting and childhood development expert Ellen Gallinsky, who has just published a phenomenal book called The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens. Ellen spent nearly ten years talking with teenagers about what they think about, what they would like to know, how they feel, and perhaps most interestingly, what they would like adults to understand about them. She shares her discoveries in The Breakthrough Years, and through it, offers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. So in this conversation, we explore some what Ellen shares in her book, including why this phase of life is clouded by so many negative stereotypes and misconceptions, the pivotal brain development and skill acquisition happening during the teen years, the power of "shared solutions" problem-solving in fostering life and executive function skills, and what Ellen learned about teens' need for belonging and how we can support this essential aspect of their development. About Ellen Galinsky Ellen Galinsky is President of Families and Work Institute, President of the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN), and senior advisor at ACF at HHS. Previous jobs include Chief Science Officer at the Bezos Family Foundation and faculty at Bank Street College. Her life’s work revolves around identifying important societal questions, conducting research to seek answers, and turning the findings into action. Her research is focused on work-life, children’s development, youth voice, child-care, parent-professional relationship, and parental development. She’s the author of Mind in the Making and The Breakthrough Years. She’s also authored 90 books/reports and 360 articles. Career highlights include serving as President of NAEYC, a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, a parent expert on the Mister Rogers Talks with Parents TV series, receiving a Distinguished Achievement Award from Vassar College and the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from WFRN. Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here → https://nordvpn.com/tilt - It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably because a child you love and care for is differently wired.
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0:54.0	Whenever I interviewed a teenager, I was really interested.
0:58.0	I really wanted to understand how they think, how they feel,
1:01.0	what their experiences were. they would say thank you for listening.
1:05.9	They would always say that and it was, it started to strike me that maybe they don't get listened
1:10.4	to very often in terms of what they're really thinking what's really on their minds and that people don't necessarily want to know that sometimes I feel we don't we just want to tell them what to do and but we know that, if we know what they think and feel,
1:25.0	it's just so much easier a time for them.
1:27.0	I mean, I ended up with very simple things that we can do
1:30.0	to help young people grow up in a different way and really thrive.
1:35.0	I'm Debbie Reber and welcome to Tilled Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and
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