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Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug

Rachel Richards

Hello, I"m Rachel Richards, former BBC Correspondent, CNBC Europe World News Anchor and mum, on a mission to make parenting teens much less stressful, and even enjoyable.Why not try listening to my award-winning ‘hug’ where you can put down the baggage your parents handed you and relax.It’s your chance to reflect on what"s in your baggage; what"s still working, and what needs to be tossed aside. You"ll also pick up skills and ideas to help you navigate each new stage of your parenting journey.Each

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48:13

Mental health problems in teenagers. We can't just...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/10/29

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Why is it that so many teenagers today seem to be struggling with mental health? In this conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel reveals the surprising science behind adolescent development, explaining why teens aren't 'difficult' they're doing an important job and how there's a fundamental mismatch between biological adolescent development and the world in which we now life. One of th...

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54:27

Drugs: How and why it's vital to talk about them now,...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/10/22

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover?To lose a child is one of the worst things any of us an imagine. To lose him at 16 to a recreational drug is an unbearable pain. That's what happened to Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE, but she has turned her pain into an incredible quest to turn her 'I wish I'd known', suffering into a book, a drugs education foundation, and support for all of us parents so we never have to go through the pain she has

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39:41

Grief, university, rules and consequences, raising...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/10/19

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? For this Sunday catch up I was joined by Susie Asli to discuss the challenges of parenting during times of personal loss, such as the death of a pet or a parent. We share our experiences of our children’s different reactions to grief and the importance of allowing them to grieve in their own ways. We also talk about the transition to university, the generational differences in parenting, and the impo...

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45:01

How to fix your teen's sleep with Jessica Bryant. 163

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/10/15

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Sleep's a FREE performance-enhancer, so why are so many teens not getting enough? For us parents, sleep is the thing we all obsess about when we first bring our babies home, but if you're anything like me by the time they hit teens we've become pretty lax around that solid bedtime routine. In fact, research shows that around 2/3rds of teenagers aren't getting adequate sleep. Why does this happen? In my case, I...

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54:37

Preventing our kids from developing eating disorders,...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/10/08

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Whatever food fears we've inherited, or learned, will be passed on to our kids unless we understand and challenge our beliefs, according to food psychologist, Dr Anna Colton. As she rightly points out, fear-mongering about killer bars or toxic foods is way more dangerous, long-term, than the food itself. In this episode we talk openly about my own struggles with my family's attitude to food, and Dr Colton...

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58:03

Stop pushing your kids: The science of success,...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/10/01

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Is your kid stressed or lacking motivation? What if the antidote was pushing them less and giving them more of a sense of control over their lives? It doesn't mean giving up your authority as a parent. As elite teen coach, Ned Johnson, explains the science tells us we can help our child sculpt a brain that is resilient, and ready to take on new challenges if we stop taking over. In his practice he uses sci...

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14:08

Community Catch Up: Instagram, a chores hack, and...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/09/28

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? SUBSTACK: The Big Hug Guide to dealing with phones and devices. https://open.substack.com/pub/teenagersuntangled/p/teens-and-screens-the-big-hug-teenagers?r=2u24i0&utm_medium=ios REPORT on Instagram Accounts: https://fairplayforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Teen-Accounts-Broken-Promises-How-Instagram-is-failing-to-protect-minors.pdf BOOK: Dr Catherine Knibbs - cyber trauma expert https://www.teenagersu...

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37:25

Transforming difficult, disruptive kids into ones...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/09/24

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? We all want our kids to feel they belong and have purpose, but what simple things can we do at home and in schools that will help them develop what they need? In this interview you'll hear so many great tips we can put in place at home that will help our kids thrive. In 2007, Tish co-founded Jamie’s Farm with her son Jamie, a teacher and farmer. LINK: https://jamiesfarm.org.uk/people/tish-feilden/ The resi...

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33:30

Conflict resolution skills for parents. Vintage

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/09/17

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Conflict is normal - but it often escalates during teenage years because our kids are trying to assert their own wishes, and probably aren't very skilled at it. As parents, it's easy to fall into classic conflict traps if we don't have the skills for resolving disagreements. In this episode we talk about the key techniques we can use - and teach - to ease tension and bust-ups at home and elsewhere. What's even...

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64:22

Teens Talk: The good and bad of smart phones and...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/09/10

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? FREE GUIDE: HOW TO THINK THROUGH DEVICE USE FOR YOUR TEENS https://open.substack.com/pub/teenagersuntangled/p/teens-and-screens-the-big-hug-teenagers Smartphones can be massively problematic in the hands of the young, mainly because of what kids can access through them. Social media can have a magnetic pull for adolescents who're trying to figure out their identity and fit in, meanwhile predators are well aware ...

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42:06

Parents vs Teachers: There's a better way with the...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/09/03

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? When things go wrong at school parents are bound to feel stressed, wanting the problem to be resolved as soon as possible. But - in the UK at least - the current complaints system is "working for no one", according to the Government's Education Secretary. Jason Elsom, CEO of charity Parentkind, says there's been a surge in parental complaints, that are being amplified via WhatsApp: Quoted in The Times “We are se...

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7:58

Sunday Service Community Catch Up

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/08/31

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? The benefits of giving our kids an allowance: https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/money-giving-teens-and-tweens-an-allowance-two-years-on-my-daughter-talks-about-how-its-impacted/ Catherine Knibbs: CPR Parenting - Consistent, Persistent, Resistent. https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/online-safety-why-bans-arent-as-good-as-age-appropriate-boundaries/ Talk to Your Boys: Christopher Pepper The Self-Driven Child: The...

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43:07

Mental Health, and Teen Phone Use with Oxford...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/08/27

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? How we parents manage technology in our homes, and what we put in the hands of our kids, has turned into one of the most hotly debated topics amongst parents and experts. In this episode, I talk to Dr. Lucy Foulkes, Oxford academic psychologist and author, about social media’s role in adolescent mental health, challenging the narrative popularized by Jonathan Haidt and exploring why phones and social platf...

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43:01

Lessons in parenting from adult kids who go no...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/08/20

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Do you ever worry about losing touch with your kids as they grow up? In this episode of Teenagers Untangled I'm joined by Catherine Hickem, a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and founder of Parenting Adult Children Today to explore the growing issue of family estrangement. Catherine is leading a conversation around one of the most overlooked family dynamics: the relationship between parent...

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36:56

Teens, screens and mobiles: bans and boundaries

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/08/13

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover?The latest narrative around online safety, phones and devices, is pushing for bans to keep our kids safer and happier. The idea is to give them back their childhood and prevent them from accessing harmful content. Catherine Knibbs, a child psychotherapist and cyber trauma expert argues in her latest book that social media bans won't work because we can't even properly define what it is we want to ban, and

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37:14

Criticism and judgement. Is it possible to offer...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/08/06

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Judgment can be both useful and harmful. When it works well it's a safety mechanism for keeping kids from being harmed. When it works badly it can create feelings of shame and fear which stop parents reaching out for help, cause us to doubt our instincts and miss the vital importance of connection with our children. Sometimes, our fear of judgment can even paralyse us parents and stop us making the decisio...

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31:39

Why Mothers Aren't Happy: Burnout, Mental Load and...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/07/30

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover?Women's happiness has been in decline since the 1970's despite increased freedoms and opportunities, says Dr Giselle Goodwin. I've you've ever felt burnout out and the sense that you're somehow failing at being a woman and a mother you'll have a sense of it happening, but you may feel guilty, particularly given the opportunities we've been given compared with what our own mothers

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31:46

Angry teenagers: How to parent tweens and teens...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/07/23

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? We all loose our cool sometimes. but teenagers can find it particularly challenging to stay calm or calm down when enraged. It takes self-awareness and skill, and a level of brain development that just isn't there for some of them. One listener contacted us for help with her son who is being goaded by friends at school and getting into trouble for losing his temper. We talk about the brain development sta...

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29:11

Rules: How to set consequences and boundaries that...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/07/16

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Featuring Mindfulness expert, Susie Asli Having kids can seem like a non-stop obstacle course trying to get another living being to do things, whether for their own good or our own sanity. Getting the right balance between love and discipline is incredibly tricky, and for many of us it's a constant haggle. So what do the experts say about it? What works, and what about the teenager who doesn't seem to care? RE...

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45:33

Motivation vintage: How to motivate a young person,...

Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug ·

2025/07/09

What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? We'd all love our children to breeze through school, enjoying a satisfying academic life, having lots of friends, and coming out at the end feeling a success. But what if you have a child that doesn't thrive in an academic environment? What if they can't or won't do the work? How do you deal with it and what techniques can you use to motivate them? According to eminent psychologist, Dr David Yeager, when kids hi...

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