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Tweens and teens are going thru tremendous hormonal and neurological changes that affect their ability to regulate and modulate their impulses.
While this is triggering to our own nervous systems, they need our help regulating thru calm and caring responses to their reactions.
Respond, don't react. Otherwise you'll end up in a react and react back and react back cycle.
You can be calm and compassionate and still guide your teens into effective ways of communicating and relating.
This video offers guidance on how parents can help their kids learn about conflict resolution through setting boundaries and offering compassion towards both parties, emphasizing the importance of safety and boundaries, effective communication, and moving to repair in conflict situations.
Engage with your teen by giving them airtime and genuine curiosity to share their perspectives, allowing them to feel heard and seen, which will make them respect you more and see you as an ally in their maturing process.
In this video, you'll learn how to guide children when they have hurt someone, by connecting with them about their feelings, modeling empathy for the person impacted, and collaborating with them to make repairs, as empathy is learned through receiving empathy and being surrounded by empathetic models.