The #1 Reason Your Teen Shuts You Out ft. Kristin MacDermott

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Apr 21, 2025

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ADVICE

Get Teens to Open Up

To get teens to open up, lead with listening and ask them when is a good time to talk.
Avoid pressuring teens to report immediately after school; respect their need to decompress first.

INSIGHT

Teens Desire Trust and Connection

Teens want better relationships with their parents even if they seem distant or angry.
Teens feel parents often don't trust their judgment, which causes friction in the relationship.

ANECDOTE

Son's Honest Grade Struggle

Larry's son had multiple F's due to missing assignments after illness but insisted he wanted to improve.
Larry realized his son knew the importance and felt frustrated by repeated reminders.

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Today's guest, Kristin MacDermott is a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, and creator of The MacDermott Method with over a decade of research in resilience. Her resilience training curriculum has been validated in four studies with researchers from The Duke Clinical Research Institute, published in peer-reviewed journals, and proven to promote clinically-significant improvement in distress, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and self-efficacy.

Kristin MacDermott shares three crucial insights every father needs to hear:

The single most important thing dads can do to support their teen's mental health.
The #1 complaint she hears from teens about their parents.
How to create a relationship where your teen doesn't feel the need to lie to you.

Kristin MacDermott's passion is reconnecting parents and teens, and her methods are backed by rigorous research.

Here's what evidence supports her approach:

Studies show that strong parent-teen relationships are correlated with a 40% reduction in teen depression and anxiety.
Effective communication skills training for parents leads to a 30% decrease in risky behavior among teens.
Teens who perceive their parents as trustworthy are 50% less likely to engage in substance abuse.

If you're ready for practical tools, real talk, and a new perspective on fatherhood, this is one conversation you don't want to miss. Let's get into it.

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