15-Minute Parenting.

In this episode Joanna looks at how important relational repair following rupture is in our relationship with our teenagers. Joanna explains this in the context of how we can and need to heal our inner teenager to parent a teenager with practical exercises 

Joanna responds to a parents question about what is "normal" behaviour for these tween years and why this stage of developmental can be like walking a parental tightrope 

Sexual and gender identity has become more complex, nuanced, rich and inclusive than ever before but this is more than knowing your LGBTQ+ alphabet. Joanna talks to us about parenting in an inclusive and open way while being honest about the limitations of what we know and understand.

This has been a year like no other and this may well be a Christmas like no other but rather than look upon this with sadness Joanna suggests we positively refrained this Christmas as an opportunity to embrace what matters and get back to basics. How about starting new traditions? How about managing the hype in a playful way?

In this episode Joanna explores the relationship between stealing and a sense of entitlement, wondering if entitlement is at the root of stealing. She also explores ways to respond to behaviour like this. 

In this episode Joanna explores the function of the dark themes prevalent in so many Teen TV shows has in the lives of our teenagers. Why is it our teens are so drawn to the drama this darkness brings with it...is this good for them and is this darkness really reflective of their lives 

Is some degree of anxiety normal in adolescence? How do you recognise what might be a developmentally normal level of anxiety versus something over and above and how do you parent through either of these?  In this episode Joanna talks you through adolescence and anxiety and how to parent an anxious teenager and recognise what is normal and what requires intervention.

Emotional fluency is the ability to understand our inner-emotional world and why we might feel like we do in certain situations while developing a language to express this understanding. To encourage emotional fluency in our teenagers, we must nurture an emotional landscape in our homes.  In this episode Joanna talks you through how to do this

Adolescence is a time of immense change for both you and your teenager.  There are 5 key developmental adjustments that take place and each of these underpins particular behaviours that might be described as "typical teen" behaviours.  In this episode Joanna talks you through each of the 5 adjustments along with the adjustments you need to make to parent through them.

Adolescence can be a challenging time but is certainly easier to manage when you break it down into stages.  In this episode Joanna talks you through the 3 stages of adolescence; starting with early, then mid and finally late adolescence