Supporting Your Teen with Empathy and Connection

Dive into the trials and triumphs of parenting teens with CF Certified Parent Coaches, Katie Wetsell and Julia Rupp and our host, Stacy Bellward. They examine teen anxiety, independence, and the art of calm communication. They also unpack ways to stay available and connected through teen struggles, especially with a sensitive or intense child. We know this conversation will encourage you to parent your teens with wisdom and hope. (Note: Stories are shared with permission from their teens, and the use of “they/them” language is related to privacy, not identity.)  Mentioned in this podcast: * Carlie Dorsey, OT and Owner of Motorvate Kids in Murrell’s Inlet, SC * Calming Strategies For Parents PDF * Sensitive & Intense Kids online course – 30% off! * Ep 153: A Circle Of Support: What Can a Mentor Do for a Child? * Ephesians 6:4 * Romans 5:8 Research cited by Katie Wetsell: * When is Parental Monitoring Effective? * Parenting Styles or Practices? Parenting, Sympathy, and Prosocial Behaviors Among Adolescents * The role of relatedness: Applying a developmental-relational view of compassion in adolescence Check out our website for more resources to support your parenting. Did you find this episode helpful? Share it with a friend! Or take a minute to rate and review our show. Your donation fuels our work! Donate to Connected Families today. Guest Bio: Julia Rupp is a Connected Families Certified Parent Coach and lives in South Carolina with her husband and two children. They experienced a significant breakthrough in their parenting while partnering with a Connected Families coach and utilizing the parenting Framework. Because of the incredible impact that Connected Families made in their lives, Julia now desires to walk alongside other families and equip them with perspective and tools so that they might experience that same change and restored hope. Whether you are struggling with toddler meltdowns or teenage rebellion, she would love to encourage you. You can find her at Always Hope Parent Coaching. Katie Wetsell is the Connected Families online course moderator. She is also a Connected Families Certified Parent Coach, pediatric nurse,