Ep: 23 What to do if you don't like your teens friends
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
Release Date: 07/30/2024
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TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
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TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
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Your teen isn't shutting you out because they are rebellious....
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
If you want to SEE differently, and willing to DO differently, send me an email with the subject line "I want to SEE!" to I'm here to help. (I've been there!)
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I can't believe my teen just said that...
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
If this episode struck a cord with you, join me and watch the mom reset: When your teen lashes out, you have a choice: You can react—or you can guide. Let me guide YOU how to do differently.
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Encourage your Teen to Date
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
This episode is all about encouraging (not enforcing) your teen to date! Download the free Teen Date Deck guide: This will also sign you up for the Bestie Club with more ideas coming to your email on teen dating! Feel free to message me on Instagram: or email me with any teen dating questions!
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Don't let mama bear take over
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
Listen for what NOT to do when your teen doesn't get invited (and mam bear comes out!) and you want to reach out to their friends moms to convince them to make it all better. Conversation. Connection. Confidence building. All that adds up to TRUST! In this episode, I shared about the new Teen Chat Cards all about FRIENDS with 50 scenarios for you and your teen to chat through, grab them here:
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How to help your teen with FRIENDS! (and what not to do)
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
Sharing a story when "mama bear" came out swinging when my teen complained about a friend and then defended them because of my response. In this episode, I shared about the new Teen Chat Cards all about FRIENDS with 50 scenarios for you and your teen to chat through, grab them here: Conversation. Connection. Confidence building. All that adds up to TRUST! If you didn't already download the free CALM CREATOR guide, do that here:
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How to create more calm in your home
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
How you downloaded the free calm creator yet? Grab that here: Sharing an embarrassing story about myself in order to help you remember a very important tip to better address conflict. Also sharing more about this on Instagram this week:
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Season 5 Episode 1: What exactly is being trusted by your teen?
TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke
Sometimes people get confused when I say the goal is to earn teens trust, so I'm elaborating a bit on that here, (and what it's NOT) as well as summarizing 5 of the biggest parenting blindspots. The TRUSTED Challenge starts Monday, January 13th! https://kristenduke.com/trusted/ Referenced a few videos on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/kristendukechats/
info_outlineIn this TRUSTED by your Teenager podcast episode, we chat about what to do if you don't like your teenagers friends. My goal is to give you bite sized tips for teens in under 10 minutes, and this one was under 7!
This is the first time I recorded a YouTube video right alongside this, so if you prefer to watch, you can do that here.
A few simple tips that might surprise you about what you can do if you don't like your teens friend. In this episode, I also mentioned: The TRUSTED Challenge: (you need to join this before you can join the private community, Team Trusted.)
I shared that inside that space, we discuss micro details on how to become more TRUSTED and also lessons on tough teen topics such as teens & friends.
Also mentioned, Confidence Chat Cards: 50 different scenarios on how to help your teenager boost their confidence.
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