In this episode of SHE MD Podcast, Lisa Damour sits down with Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi and Mary Alice Haney to discuss raising tweens and teens, mental health, and emotional development. They explore handling independence, fostering respect and self-esteem, navigating romantic relationships, and managing discipline with repair-focused consequences. Learn how to support healthy boundaries, recognize signs of depression and anxiety, and cultivate resilience and responsibility in their teens.
Lisa explains how parents can differentiate typical adolescent behavior from potential mental health concerns and provides practical tips to maintain perspective and empathy. Listeners leave with strategies to help their teens grow in confidence, independence, and healthy emotional regulation, while also understanding that mental health is about having feelings that fit the moment, not always feeling good.
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What You’ll Learn
How to help teens take responsibility for self-care and safety
Strategies for guiding emotional regulation and handling big feelings
Ways to navigate adolescent romance while setting healthy boundaries
Repair-focused discipline strategies that teach accountability
Key Timestamps
00:00 Introduction and podcast disclaimer
03:18 Talking about big feelings
05:23 Navigating independence and teens using relationships to fill emotional needs
10:22 Understanding self-care and responsibility for teens
15:56 How to deal with punishment and set expectations with a teenager
19:28 How to balance between holding teenagers accountable without stressing them out
28:03 Examples of repair-focused consequences
31:00 Emotional regulation and helping teens manage feelings that fit the moment
49:58 How to respond when parents dismiss teen depression and anxiety
55:21 How to answer when a teen says they feel depressed
1:01:17 Parenting boys vs girls and applying Untangled principles
1:02:10 How to access the AI resource “Ask Rosalie”
Key Takeaways
Adolescents need guidance to take responsibility for self-care and safety
Emotional health is about feelings that fit the moment, not always feeling good
Repair-focused discipline strengthens accountability and problem-solving
Parents can foster self-esteem through diverse sources of validation, not just romance
Early identification of depression and anxiety is critical for healthy development
Guest Bio
Dr. Lisa Damour is the author of three New York Times best sellers: Untangled, Under Pressure, and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, which have been translated into twenty-three languages. She co-hosts the Ask Lisa podcast, works with UNICEF, and is recognized as a thought leader by the American Psychological Association. Dr. Damour created Untangling 10to20, a digital library supporting teens and caregivers, maintains a clinical practice, and speaks internationally on adolescent development, family mental health, and adult well-being. She was a consultan
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