37: Over-reactions: How to not overreact.

Parenting teenagers untangled. πŸ† Award-winning podcast for parents of teens and tweens. - A podcast by Rachel Richards and Susie Asli - Wednesdays

Send us a textNobody likes blowing a fuse when their teen does something that triggers them, but we all do it at some point. Nicky asked us to discuss this topic after she felt she'd overreacted to bad feedback from her son's teachers. We know it fixes nothing and leaves us feeling worse than before, but can we keep smoothing it over with an apology? Long term we run the risk of ruining our connection with our teens because they learn that the best way to manage us parents is to ke...