with Sean Donahue

As our children move into their tween and teen years, this can be a feared & stressful time in our parenting journey..  

Emotional outbursts, power struggles, complete withdrawal, hiding stuff, lying, engaging in sketchy activities …

These reactions from our teens and tweens and how we respond to them can cause relationship damage and loss of connection, easily if we don’t use tons of care.

The good news is, families, it’s NEVER too late to find that closeness and strengthen the parent-child bond with your kiddos even as they enter into these older phases of life.

We want more than anything  to feel close with our kids and we hope to pass on all of our treasured values to them, but as our kids grow up and start pushing back a little more (which by the way is totally developmentally appropriate) …

… we need to learn the best ways to set boundaries with a little flexibility and continue strengthening our bond.

Rather than pushing them further away with old parenting tactics that have led to generational cycles of broken relationships and distance. (no bueno, no one wants that!)

On this episode of the Fresh Start Family Show, family coach Sean Donohue joins Terry and me to discuss how we can stay connected with our growing kiddos, while keeping boundaries and limits with our precious tweens and teens. 

Join Sean, Wendy and Terry as they explore these 3 key points:

1) How to prioritize closeness in your home.

2) Aiming for strong rules and limits with flexibility.

3) Incorporating win-wins and having peaceful conflict resolution in your home.

We are here to help you through all of the phases of parenting and help bring peace to your home and connection to your family! 

Raising A Strong Willed, Intense or Sensitive Child? If yes, I have a FREE gift for you!

This free bundle comes with an extensive learning guide & FREE workshop with me, where I’ll teach you ways to build connection & methods to work WITH your strong willed kids instead of trying to MAKE THEM change. 

Inside this FREE learning bundle I’ll teach you:
*Firm & kind strategies to navigate challenging behavior with firm kindness & connection (vs. fear, force, yelling, threats & bribery)
*Ways to build connection instead of pushing your child away w/ heavy handed “hand me down parenting tactics”
*How to work WITH your kids instead of forcing them to comply or trying to MAKE them change

Click here to grab your free bundle now & start learning today!

Episode Highlights:

• Sean’s Parenting Story 
• Providing tools to bring unity to the family unit
• Feeling alone in your parenting journey
• Being honest & open when seeking help for your family 
• How to stay connected while keeping boundaries
• Prioritizing closeness with your children
• Aiming for strong limits with flexibility 
• Incorporating win-wins
• Peaceful conflict-negotiation in your home

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