Understand Your Developing Teen :: Dr. Nell Bush [Ep 351]
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4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The preteen/teen years are a time of immense change and growth that often come with difficulty between mother and child. As the mom of a teen you may find yourself confused or frustrated with your child’s new behavior and attitudes. (The thought of those years is enough to fill elementary-kid moms with dread!) Come and listen as we shed light on the confusion of these transitional years that will help us both prepare for and thrive during this crucial developmental stage.
In this episode Child Development Specialist, Dr. Nell Bush, explains to us the four pillars of preteen/teen development. Dr. Bush co-authored The Parenting Survival Guide, a practical handbook for parents addressing common child rearing concerns. Having four children of her own, she understands teen development on a theoretical and practical level.
Nell encourages us that if we can understand what’s going on socially, emotionally, mentally, and physically with our preteens/teens we can respond with compassion and adapt our parenting strategies to fit their needs. She also covers aspects of development from why teens sleep so much to why they seem to love and hate us almost simultaneously. Draw hope for the present or wisdom for the future as you sit in (or do the dishes, or drive the kids all over) on Heather and Nell’s conversation.
Connect with Dr. Nell Bush:- Email: nell.f.bush@gmail.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Delt Momelone Podcast. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm your host Heather McFadian and this is the place where I get to walk alongside |
| 0:15.4 | you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:22.2 | And in this episode number 351, I get to introduce you to childhood development specialist, |
| 0:31.2 | Dr. Nell Bush. |
| 0:33.2 | And you're going to have moments where you're teaching and training and you will think |
| 0:36.3 | it is totally going on deaf ears. |
| 0:39.1 | And they will go, uh, and they'll fight and they'll argue and they will act like you're |
| 0:43.6 | the worst parent in the world. |
| 0:46.0 | And I think that you just can't avoid that upset. |
| 0:49.5 | You have to just realize that's part of this age and you just keep pushing through as |
| 0:56.5 | patiently and calmly with as much love as you can teaching these values. |
| 1:02.5 | So I reached out to our Instagram community and I said, what kind of episodes would you |
| 1:06.3 | like to see in 2022 and I was shocked how many were about teenagers? |
| 1:13.1 | Because I really in my mind thought that this audience had young children and then I realized, |
| 1:20.3 | oh wait, I've been doing this show for eight years and if you all really have been walking |
| 1:23.8 | alongside me, then your kids are growing up too and you're in a new season. |
| 1:27.8 | So then I pulled and said, okay, how many of you have at least one child that's 10 or |
| 1:33.0 | more and 50 percent, 50 percent, which is a lot. |
| 1:37.6 | And then I received some DMs from moms who said, even though my child is not older, I would |
| 1:42.4 | still love to learn about what to expect, what's coming up, how to parent in those years |
| 1:47.1 | just so I can tuck it away and have it for later. |
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