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#040 Why Curiosity Makes you a Better Parent

#040 Why Curiosity Makes you a Better Parent

FromPower Your Parenting: Moms With Teens


#040 Why Curiosity Makes you a Better Parent

FromPower Your Parenting: Moms With Teens

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Jun 3, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode we'll discuss why curiosity makes you a better human being and parent. You’ll learn how healthy curiosity dials down the drama, and improves your relationship with your teen. 
Healthy curiosity is the secret ingredient to a well-lived life. Curiosity makes us feel alive, leads to more happiness, boosts achievement and creativity, expands our empathy and strengthens our relationships.
Walt Disney once said, “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”.
Instilling healthy curiosity to your teens is one of the best gifts you can give them.  
You'll learn how curiosity brings down the teenage wall of defensiveness and  helps you have the hard conversations with your teen with minimal drama. This skill is foundational to parent effectively.
There is also a dangerous side to curiosity, that our teens are especially vulnerable to. When you combine a strong drive of curiosity with the teenagers faulty brake system (of their undeveloped prefrontal cortex), it can lead to trouble. You'll learn what you can do to protect your teen.
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Released:
Jun 3, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Colleen O'Grady, MA. is a speaker, trainer and author of the award-winning and best-selling book Dial Down the Drama: Reduce Conflict and Reconnect with Your Teenage Daughter---A Guide for Mothers Everywhere. Colleen shares her wisdom from twenty-five years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist which translates into over 50,000 hours of working with parents and teens. Colleen, known as the parent-teen relationship expert helps you raise the bar of what's possible for the teenage years. Colleen not only knows this professionally she has been a mom in the trenches with her own teenage daughter. You really can improve your relationship with your teen and dial up the joy, peace, and delight at home and work. Every episode is geared to uplift you, give you practical parenting tips that you can apply right away and keep you current on the latest in teen research and trends.