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  • When the Hormones Hit….Answering Questions from Prepubescences to Finding Condoms

    When the Hormones Hit….Answering Questions from Prepubescences to Finding Condoms
    Sep 16 2025
    CultivaTeen Roots helps parents of tweens and teens navigate adolescence with confidence and connection. Through courses, resources, and community support, we give parents practical tools to understand their child’s development, set healthy boundaries, and strengthen relationships during these transformative years. Check out our website for more information, ⁠⁠cultivateenroots.com⁠⁠. Follow us on Instagram ⁠@cultivateenroots⁠ and Facebook ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/cultivateenroots⁠⁠. Follow YourTeen Mag online: Website:⁠ ⁠https://yourteenmag.com/⁠⁠ Facebook:⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/YourTeen⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/yourteenmag⁠
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    34 min
  • Piercings, Sexting, and Dress Codes: Parenting Tough Topics

    Piercings, Sexting, and Dress Codes: Parenting Tough Topics
    Sep 10 2025
    CultivaTeen Roots helps parents of tweens and teens navigate adolescence with confidence and connection. Through courses, resources, and community support, we give parents practical tools to understand their child’s development, set healthy boundaries, and strengthen relationships during these transformative years. Check out our website for more information, ⁠cultivateenroots.com⁠. Follow us on Instagram @cultivateenroots and Facebook ⁠https://www.facebook.com/cultivateenroots⁠. Follow YourTeen Mag online: Website: ⁠https://yourteenmag.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/YourTeen⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/yourteenmag
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    32 min
  • Back-to-School with Teens: Finding the Right Balance

    Back-to-School with Teens: Finding the Right Balance
    Sep 2 2025
    Back-to-school can be a chaotic time of the year. In this episode, we discuss parental involvement in school, academic rigor, student cellphone use, and much more! CultivaTeen Roots helps parents of tweens and teens navigate adolescence with confidence and connection. Through courses, resources, and community support, we give parents practical tools to understand their child’s development, set healthy boundaries, and strengthen relationships during these transformative years. Check out our website for more information, cultivateenroots.com. Follow us on Instagram @cultivateenroots and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cultivateenroots. Follow YourTeen Mag online: Website: https://yourteenmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YourTeen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourteenmag
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    34 min
  • The Parenting Partners Behind the Work Partners

    The Parenting Partners Behind the Work Partners
    Jul 18 2023
    Finally, we fulfilled a bucket list desire to bring our husbands onto the show! Dan Borison and Todd Silverman talk about what Your Teen has meant to them over the years. We open with a chat with our podcast producer of 5 years, Hannah — her favorite interviews and how the show impacted her. Subscribe to Your Teen with Sue and Steph here! Check out Your Teen on Facebook here! Linkedin Twitter Instagram
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    34 min
  • Raising Teenagers Through a Lens of Love and Support

    Raising Teenagers Through a Lens of Love and Support
    Jul 5 2023
    Dr. Tori Cordiano joins us again to talk about how we can provide a supportive hand to our teens, as well as strengthen their family and community connections. In this episode, we discuss: How do we raise kids that prioritize themselves for their mental and physical wellness? How do we develop love of family in our teens? What can we do to encourage our teens to be involved with activities within their community? Learn more about Dr. Tori Cordiano here. Subscribe to Your Teen with Sue and Steph here! Check out Your Teen on Facebook here! Linkedin Twitter Instagram
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    40 min
  • We Can All Learn to Have Difficult Conversations

    We Can All Learn to Have Difficult Conversations
    Jun 20 2023
    Kwame Christian, author of How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race, discusses tools that teenagers can learn for having difficult conversations. Of course, we all need help in this arena. Thank you Kwame. In this episode, we discuss: Are teenagers inherently good at dealing with conflict, and can they be taught to do so? What are some tools for having difficult conversations? How can parents approach difficult conversations, such as those where there can be conflict and differences in knowledge or belief about politics and race? Learn more about Kwame Christian and The American Negotiation Institute. Subscribe to Your Teen with Sue and Steph here! Check out Your Teen on Facebook here! Linkedin Twitter Instagram
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    45 min
  • When Our Kids "Hate" — You, Their Friends, Their Siblings

    When Our Kids "Hate" — You, Their Friends, Their Siblings
    Jun 6 2023
    Amy Speidel, Conscious Discipline master instructor, analyzes why our relationship with our teenagers is likely filled with conflict. Then Amy provides simple language that you can adopt to deescalate — and maybe even resolve — the conflict. In this episode, we discuss: How to react when faced with our teens' "hate". What ways we can react to our teens' vulnerability, which can appear as anger. When our teen is in conflict with a friend, how do we continue to navigate our friendship with the friend's parent? Learn more about Amy Speidel and Conscious Discipline. Subscribe to Your Teen with Sue and Steph here! Check out Your Teen on Facebook here! Linkedin Twitter Instagram
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    34 min
  • Why the Antidote to Today's Struggles is Helping Teens Feel That They Matter

    Why the Antidote to Today's Struggles is Helping Teens Feel That They Matter
    May 23 2023
    Jennifer Wallace, an award winning journalist, is focused on shifting the parenting discussion to “Mattering.” Our teens (and all people) need a strong sense of mattering to the world around them. It’s one of the greatest drivers of human instinct. In this episode, we talk about how Jennifer became an expert in letting her kids know they matter - and how you can do the same. Preorder Jennifer's book, “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic and What We Can Do About It," and get 4 bonuses immediately: An exclusive early excerpt. A guide to the game-changing habits of healthy achievers . Messages of mattering for parents. An invitation to Jennifer's "back to school" webinar. Learn more about Jennifer Wallace and The Mattering Movement. Subscribe to Your Teen with Sue and Steph here! Check out Your Teen on Facebook here! Linkedin Twitter Instagram
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    38 min