When Your Teen Pulls Away it Hurts More Than Anyone Talks About...

There’s times when being a parent to a teen hurts.

When you walk past their closed door...

When they roll their eyes...

or respond to your kindness with rudeness...

It hurts.

Even as you remind yourself it’s normal teenage behaviour and not take it personally....

there’s a part of you that wonders whether your teen’s behaviour is normal?

You see other families where the teens hug their parents, share their day, and don’t need a fog horn to call them to the dinner table.

And you wonder why this isn’t happening in your home?

I see you struggling with whether to accept the distance in your relationship with your teen or do something about it.

Don’t ignore that feeling.

While all healthy relationships need to be able to balance space and closeness...

Constant distance, defiance, and rudeness are not “teen behaviour” that needs to be accepted or punished.

It’s your teen communicating something to you.

Missing this is one of the biggest blind spots for parents of teens that secretly sabotages the close connected relationship you want with them.

AND it’s not the only blind spot.

Click here for this 3 min read about the Blindspots that Prevent Parents having a Close Relationship with their Teen.​

This 3 mins might just change how your teen talks to you.

I've seen these blindspots at play over and over in my work with parents and teens over the past 20 years.

There's psychological research about how each of these blind spots impact parent teen attachment and mental health...

And every psychologist or counsellor I have supervised deliberates about how to tell parents about these blind spots.

Research shows your relationship with your teen is not only a nice thing for you, but a vital ingredient in their resilience, relationships and mental health.

Check your blind spots here.

so you can begin to improve connection with your teen today.