These slides were developed for a session with parents in Summer 2025

Here’s the session overview:

Parenting Teens: Supporting Trust, Resilience & Independence

The teenage years bring new challenges—for teens and for you. In this practical session, we’ll explore how to support your teen through emotional ups and downs, growing independence, and the pressures of school and social life.
You’ll gain insights into the teenage brain and why boundary-pushing is part of healthy development, along with tools to keep communication open, build trust, and support emotional resilience. Expect honest ideas, relatable examples, and space to connect with other parents.

By the end of this session, you will:
• Understand how teenage brain development affects behaviour and emotions
• Learn ways to keep communication open and supportive
• Explore tools to help your teen manage stress and bounce back from setbacks
• Reflect on how to encourage independence while staying connected
• Discover simple strategies to support emotional wellbeing
• Share experiences and ideas with other parents

If you were there, I hope these are a helpful aide-memoire. If not, I hope they make enough sense without me to be useful. If you’d like to download them, you can do so via this page on Slideshare.

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