Being a teen is harder than ever before and it’s showing in the stats and research.

BUT, this is not about going down the fear road, nor is it all about crying “it’s social media” as an over simplified solution.

We also need to do a LOT more to diversify the ‘success’ picture during school years, help them matter, feel the love and find themselves as they journey through individuation into adulthood.

All while they huff at us, sometimes act out, show us rudeness and do things beyond our comprehension often - now is not the time to be offended, nor to come down hard.

So what do we do as parents, carers, teachers and coaches?

We go in curious and from a place of love, while learning from the best: Enter @maggiedentauthor - A powerFULL show

I have listened back to it again already. Tell me what you got out of it once you’ve had a listen, Alexx x

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