108: When Your Teen is Struggling: Is Your Response Actually Helping? | Parenting With More Confidence

When your teenager is going through something hard, of course you want to help—but your first instinct might not be as helpful as you think.

In this episode, you'll learn

The difference between cuddling and coddling  And how the way you think about a challenge can either weaken or build confidence for you and your teen. ▶️Press play to learn how to support your teenager through hard things while still communicating confidence in their ability to handle them.

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Use my Choose How You Want to Respond guide to sort through what's happening and decide how you want to approach it.

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Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.