It was a delight to chat with Elizabeth who has worked in education for 35 years. With suicide being the 2nd highest cause of death in North America, her aim is to build and strengthen bridges between teens and their parents / carers, connecting families through courageous conversations. We talked about: · The teenage brain and how we need to develop our own approach alongside our teens’ development. · How it’s good to be a consultant not a manager to our teens and always being honest with them. · Building resilience and respectful relationships with our teens. · Whether being a parent to a teenager is really that bad! · Starting the conversation early to get it to be 2nd nature – valuing our children’s voice. · Looking at how to start conversations in a different way to avoid escalation (this can help with adults too!). · Allowing teens time to de-compress and why it’s important for them. · And finally, Elizabeth’s top tips for communicating with teenagers. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=courageous+conversations+elizabeth+bennettandcrid=FA0Z5TRX3FA1andsprefix=courageous+conversations+elizabeth+bennett%2Caps%2C70andref=nb_sb_noss (Elizabeth’s book - ‘Courageous Conversations’) https://www.courageousnetwork.com/?r_done=1 (Elizabeth’s website) https://www.bespokefamily.co.uk/blog/category/Tweens+and+Teens (Teen blogs) https://www.bespokefamily.co.uk/shop (‘Your Guide to...’ (our downloadable webinars)) including ‘Your Guide to Teens’ get 25% off any guide with the code ‘PODCAST’ https://www.instagram.com/bespokefamily/?hl=en (Instagram - @bespokefamily) https://www.facebook.com/Bespoke-Family-247449005951650/ (Facebook - @bespokefamily) Bespoke Family 1:1 Parent Consultations: https://www.bespokefamily.co.uk/parent-consultations (https://www.bespokefamily.co.uk/parent-consultations) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.