Eps 511: Avoiding fear-based parenting with Dr. Tina Bryson

Dr. Tina Bryson is BACK today! I love her work, and I’m so excited she’s here to talk about launching our teens, which is incredibly timely after I dropped my youngest child off at college yesterday!  Dr. Bryson shares her wisdom on avoiding fear-based parenting & reminds us that development & maturation happens no matter what - maybe we don’t need to worry quite so much. She explains what the “right” amount of support is and why kids need to make mistakes & take risks to become wiser and more responsible. Dr. Bryson shares her own personal stories about launching two of her teens to college and how & why they were so different.   Dr. Bryson wraps us up by giving dos & don'ts for when your adolescent is in distress. We want to problem solve, criticize, or minimize, but instead, we can respond in a way that invites them to keep sharing things with us: by offering empathy & letting them solve their own problem.   Takeaways from the show How do you know when & what you need to really worry about regarding your child(ren)? When are you wasting energy?  Avoiding fear-based parenting  Kids have to make mistakes & take risks in service of becoming wiser and more responsible  “The way our children build resilience is through adversity with the right amount of support from us”  Not burdening our teens with our feelings  The excitement & hopes we have for our adolescents and the grief & anxiety we have when they leave  How to respond (and how not to respond) when your adolescent reaches out to you in distress  We’re not launching full formed adults - we’re launching baby adults who will keep learning & developing For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices