A Therapist’s Guide to Authentic Parenting Tips for Teens
Your teen is having a hard time. And you’re lucky because they’re bringing their problems to you. But your advice isn’t working! You keep trying to tell them what to do. Your solutions are so simple. But your teen won’t listen! You give them option A. They won’t budge on it. You present option B. They give you reasons as to why that won’t work.
You’re getting frustrated. How are you supposed to help your teen through these lows?
Strategies to Help When Your Teen is Shutting Down
Something has shifted. Your successful, curious teen is hiding and shrinking. They feel less confident, less capable. And when you try to approach them about it? You get nothing.
So what do you do?
Moments like this tend to test the confidence in your parenting. Suddenly, there is pressure to fix what is going on with your child because you feel like you are losing control. And if you lose control, there is a whole list of scary things that jump into your mind about what could happen next.