Getting your teenager to open up
We speak with a young person and an expert from ReachOut about effective communication strategies parents can use with their teens
Your host Melissa Hoyer talks with Annie Wylie from ReachOut and Youth ambassador Carter Opperman.
Today's conversation covers themes including:
- Best location and timing for conversations
- How do I get my teenager to open up?
- How do I get more than a grunt from my teenager?
- How can I tell if there’s something really wrong or they’re just having a bad day?
- How do I deal with the changing nature of communication with my teenager as they go through different developmental stages ie. puberty or finishing high school?
- How do I stay non-judgemental?
- Listening tips
The panel will be answering questions submitted by parents on ReachOut.com/Parents before the taping as well as questions submitted during the conversation via Facebook where the conversation originally took place live.
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