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Speaking of Teens

Ann Coleman, J.D.

Parenting a teenager is the most uniquely challenging things you’ve ever done. The host of Speaking of Teens, Ann Coleman, understands all too well. After drowning in those challenges, herself, she spent several years transitioning from practicing attorney to expert in the science of adolescence and parenting. Every Tuesday she delivers the most up to date, science-based information, news and advice to help you better understand, relate to, and parent your teen…without the conflict. From navigating

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#217: Strategies And Tools Parents Can Use To Help...

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2025/06/10

Today's episode is the 3rd and final installment of my 3-part Teen Anxiety Series. In episode 215, I talked about the signs and symptoms of Teen Anxiety. In episode 216, I talked about the diagnosis and treatment for Teen Anxiety. And today, I'm discussing a variety of strategies and tools parents can use to help their anxious teens and tweens (alongside therapy). Helping your teen manage their anxiety goes far beyond teaching them breathing exercises. Listen in and learn how you can ch...

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#216: Obtaining A Proper Diagnosis And The Best...

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2025/06/03

How do you know if your teen is experiencing normal, everyday anxiety or their symptoms indicate an anxiety disorder? And, as the parent of an anxious teen, who do you reach out to for help? Which professionals do what and how does it all work? Today I'll explain everything you need to know about having your teen or tween evaluated and treated for an anxiety disorder, including the roles of various providers, and the best treatment options available. And be sure to check out today...

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25:53

#215: How Anxiety Develops And What It Looks Like In...

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2025/05/27

Anxiety in our teens and tweens is far too commonplace. Understanding how it happens and being able to spot the signs and symptoms is extremely important for parents. Parents often mistake anxiety symptoms for typical teen misbehavior. If you treat your teen's anxiety as something to be "disciplined" out of them, you will make their anxiety, your relationship, and their behavior so much worse. Today's episode is the first in a series on teen anxiety so I'm starting with how it manifest...

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#214: 3 Ways To Win Your Teenager’s Trust And...

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2025/05/20

In today's episode I talk about the things I find myself repeating most in live sessions with parents of teens. These are changes you can make that will make an enormous difference in much influence you can maintain in their life. I'll talk to you about: a) remembering that your teen doesn’t think like you do, b) staying calm when you engage with them, and c) discussing issues with them rather than making unilateral declarations. I focus on these ideas because I know i...

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#213: How To Help Your Teen or Tween With Friendship...

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2025/05/13

Today's episode was first published at the beginning of this school year and is worth a second listen if you've already heard it. At the time I recorded it, I had just coached a parent who needed help talking to her teenager about her friendship issues, without getting too involved in the drama and causing disconnection with her teen. What do you do or say when your teen shares with you that a friend has done something horrible to them? How do you acknowledge their feelings about the s...

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#212 How Do You Discipline A Teenager When Nothing...

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2025/05/08

We parents have been led to believe that for our teens and tweens to learn to behave appropriately, we must instill a little fear in them. At the very least, we have to "show them we mean business" when they fail to meet our expectations or do something wrong. But discipline, it turns out, is not about retribution or fear or punishment (especially when it comes to parenting teenagers). If we want our teens and tweens to listen to us, cooperate, and ask for our advice and opinions,...

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#211: 5 Core Concepts That Will Decrease Arguments...

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2025/04/29

Parenting a teenager means dealing with new and often complicated issues on a daily basis. There are constant requests to do something they've never done before and requests to change the current house rules, breaking the rules, their inability to live up to certain expectations, and on and on. This is all part of parenting a teen or tween--but it's exhausting and often produces more arguments and power struggles than you'd like. Listen in today as I explain 5 core concepts that w...

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25:26

#210: Want To Avoid Arguments With Your teen? Ditch...

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2025/04/22

The conversations your teen or tween initiates are an opportunity to connect. But you often you miss that opportunity because of your own agenda to turn everything into a teachable moment. Your need to constantly correct how your teenager thinks, feels, and acts, interferes with your ability to connect with them on a deeper emotional level. You're inadvertently creating arguments and power struggles because you fail to understand the conversation your teen is trying to have with you. Li...

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31:16

#209: Your Teen’s Emotional Dysregulation Could Be...

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2025/04/15

What's the scientific truth about ultra-processed foods? Kids and teens often survive on foods that would easily fall into this category. Additives such as preservatives, artificial sweeteners, and food dyes can negatively impact a teenager's, a tween's, or a child's mental health and emotional regulation and behavior. Listen and learn how substances in foods and beverages your child may be consuming every day, may be to blame for their emotional outbursts or may contribute to the...

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26:56

#208: Are All Those Emails From School Harming Your...

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2025/04/08

You know all those emails, texts (or even calls) you receive from your teen or tween's school about their assignments or grades? How do they make you feel? How do they influence your parenting? Join me today as I advise you on how to avoid the issues these communications can cause between you and your teen. And you'll want to read today's Substack post where I talk about the mistakes you may be making in trying to motivate your teen or tween to do better in school. Show Notes for ...

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#207: Is Your Idea Of A “Successful Life” Steering...

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2025/04/01

I have a special mini-episode today based on my time away in the mountains of Virginia this weekend with my stepdaughter and her boyfriend. My stepchildren are so very similar in intellect and temperament but their personalities and lifestyles couldn't be more different. This weekend's experience left me pondering (once again) the way we teach our teens the meaning of success or having a successful life. How do you define success? More importantly, how do you think your tee...

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#206: Does Your Teen or Tween Really Need Residential...

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2025/03/25

Having talked to Casie Fariello (Other Parents Like Me) on the podcast last week about her son’s mental health struggle and their experience with his inpatient treatment, followed by a Substack post about getting insurance to pay for residential treatment—I realized I still had more to say on this topic. So, on today’s episode, I explain that sending your teen away from home for treatment for their mental health and/or behavior should only be considered as a last resort, with the biggest cons...

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#205: A Mom’s Struggle With Her Teen = Support For...

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2025/03/18

In today's episode I'm speaking with Casie Fariello of the parenting support platform, Other Parents Like Me. All three of Casie's teens struggled with their mental health but it was her middle child that required a residential treatment center and a therapeutic boarding school. Her experience navigating these issues led her to launch her company to help support other parents like her. Anytime you can hear another parent give an honest account of the challenges they faced with their tee...

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#204: The Pervasive Impact Of Emotional Dysregulation...

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2025/03/11

Parenting a teenager can be difficult--full stop. But parenting a teen or tween with ADHD often presents next-level issues that we often don't associate with ADHD. These issues have more to do with an inability to manage their emotions than focus on schoolwork. Emotional dysregulation is an often overlooked symptom of ADHD that can wreak havoc in adolescents' (and parents') lives. Today I'll explain the negative social and emotional consequences of emotional dysregulation, the rol...

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#203: Your Teen’s Behavior Isn’t Your Fault, But You...

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2025/03/04

Human behavior is complicated and depends on many factors including our own thoughts and emotions (which are impacted by the behavior of those around us). Adolescent behavior is further complicated by neurobiological changes. Their thoughts and emotions are not at all like ours and they don’t have the self-control that we have. So, while we’re not necessarily at fault when our teen misbehaves, we do play a critical role in their behavior by virtue of our own behavior. Accepting this tru...

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#202: Parenting Mistakes That Cause Conflict and...

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2025/02/25

If you just knew what to do to avoid all those arguments, power struggles and temper tantrums with your teen, right?! Well, that's what I'm hear to tell you about today. As parents of teens and tweens there are a handful of really big mistakes most of us make that cause us so much grief and we don't even realize it. Listen in and learn how to avoid so much of the conflict, the temper tantrums, the disconnection and chaos. Show Notes for other resources and sources Transcript Find our F...

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#201: Decrease Conflict With Your Teen While...

Speaking of Teens ·

2025/02/18

In today's 201st episode of Speaking of Teens, I'm sharing the framework I teach inside Parent Camp, how I developed that framework, and why Parent Camp may just be the answer you've been looking for. If you've been listening to the podcast but you're still trying to figure out how to implement some of the strategies I discuss, you just might need the extra help you'll get in Parent Camp. Registration for Spring 2025 Parent Camp is now open until Tuesday, February 25th at 7 pm CST. &nbs...

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#200: The More You Punish Your Teen, The Worse Their...

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2025/02/14

There's no world in which, after punishing, lecturing, or yelling at your teen for their misdeeds, they will say: "Thank you for that. I now understand the error of my ways and I will henceforth endeavor to adhere to your behavioral standards." Not gonna' happen. In this 200th episode of Speaking of Teens, let me help you understand why authoritarian, obedience-first, behavior-focused parenting doesn't work with teens (or with any kid, for that matter). "Putting the fear of God" in your te...

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#199: How To Change Your Teen’s Behavior When Nothing...

Speaking of Teens ·

2025/02/11

If you're at the end of your rope with your teen, feeling lost, anxious, wondering where you've gone wrong--this episode's for you. Maybe your teen's using substances, not listening, angry all the time, getting in trouble, or really struggling with their mental health. It's easy to become overwhelmed, anxious, angry, or to feel completely lost. I know exactly how you feel because I've been there. And in today’s episode I’ll explain why the people and places we often depend on for help in thes...

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#198: Why Doesn’t Your Teen Confide In You (When...

Speaking of Teens ·

2025/02/07

"Why doesn't my teenager share anything with me? They just won't talk to me." It's a common refrain among many parents of teens and tweens. Why is it that it often seems like your teen would rather do almost anything than give you any information about themselves or come to you as their confidant? There are two major reasons: adolescent development and your behavior. Listen today as I explain why this issue is both developmentally appropriate and influenced by their lack of trust ...

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