Risk-Taking and Teens- Six(6) Parenting Tips

On the Couch with Dr Tracie Rogers

I am chatting with Counselling Psychologist Trishsanna Poyah-Rasul On the Couch about Parenting Teens. The teenage years are some of the toughest years of parenting for many people. It can be extremely challenging, not to mention scary when we see our teens transition into adulthood. We want to keep them safe and protect them and they seem to want the absolute opposite - they want to take risks and stand on their own. In our conversation, Trishsanna and I discuss why risk-taking is a natural and normal part of adolescence. You cannot prevent your teen from taking risks; you can only trust your parenting and give them safe parameters within which to do so. In this epospde, learn 6 tips to help you with parenting your teens.