Lori Jewett Unscripted

EP 144 - Peggy Derivan, Taming the Teenage Brain

Episode Summary

Like a wild mustang, teenagers often respond much more positively to genuine connection than a brute show of force.

Episode Notes

EP 144 - Peggy Derivan, Taming the Teenage Brain

Few things can seem as wild and unpredictable as the teenage brain, but that doesn’t mean it must remain that way. Like a wild mustang, teenagers often respond much more positively to genuine connection than a brute show of force. 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: 

• What Peggy loves most about her job and what it does for her
• Why it’s important to remember that the teenage brain is wired differently
• How to successfully implement the concept of “containers” with your teenager
• What it means to grow your relationship with your teenagers and how to do it
• Why some parents have such a narrow set of ideas oh who or how their kids should be
• What Peggy feels like the best thing we can do for our kids and their futures
• How Peggy was able to shift a perceived negative into a positive in her family life

FAVORITE QUOTE:  Peggy Derivan

“You have to grow up your parenting with your kid. We can’t keep it all the same.”

• Peggy Derivan

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Bio:

• Peggy has been a licensed therapist in private practice for 18 years. In the last year, she has begun coaching moms of teenagers on how to “grow up their own parenting” to go along with their kids' developmental changes and milestones as they turn into adults. She is passionately committed to helping moms remove barriers and create permission to have a close, connected, human relationship with their teens as the answer to navigate this time together. Peggy has 2 incredible young adult children and an amazing husband to enjoy life with, even thought life is challenging and crazy and unexpected!
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