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Parenting is often lived in the extremes. It's either Great Joy or chaotic overwhelmed. In one moment you’re nailing it and the next you're losing your cool I want to help you find your way to the messy middle, to a place of balance. You see, balance is a verb not a state of being. it is a thing you do not a thing you are. it is an action a process a series of micro-corrections each and every day to keep ourselves feeling centered. We are never truly balanced. We are engaged in the process of balancing.

Hello, I’m Dr. Laura Froyen and this is the Balanced Parent podcast, where overwhelmed stressed out and disconnected parents go to find tools, mindset shifts and practices to help them stop yelling at the people they love and start connecting on a deeper level, all delivered with heaping doses of grace and compassion. Join me in conversations that will help you get clear on your goals and values and start showing up in your parenting, your relationships, YOUR LIFE, with open-hearted authenticity and balance. Let’s go!

In this episode of The Balanced Parent Podcast, I am joined by tween expert JoAnn Schauf, founder of Your Tween and You and the author of the best-selling book Loving the Alien: How to Parent Your Tween. Together, we’ll explore how parenting roles evolve as children transition from late childhood to the tween years.

Here are the topics we covered:

“Tween" years and the significance of defining and understanding this transitional stage
Unique qualities of developing tweens
Adapting empathy, expectations, and communication skills as children tween-dom
Understanding how tweens still need parental support and guidance
Repairing and reconnecting with tweens after mistakes
Four skills needed for effective communication
Identifying tween and teen body language cues for emotional readiness
Managing the temptation to intervene and practicing self-restraint as a parent

If you want to connect with JoAnn, visit her website at yourtweenandyou.com. Follow her on Facebook @yourtween&you, Instagram @yourtweenandyou, and Twitter @yourtweenandyou.

Resources:

Loving the Alien: How To Parent Your Tween

Remember, parenting through this transitional stage requires flexibility, empathy, and open communication.

I would love to hear from you! If you have any questions you’d like to have answered on the podcast or any takeaways or wins you’d like to share you can leave me a message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/laurafroyenphd

Laura Froyen, PhD

Laura Froyen, PhD

Balanced Parent Podcast

Laura Froyen, PhD

Welcome to the home of The Balanced Parent Podcast!

Episode 207: Navigating Tween Years: Shifting Parental Roles and Support with JoAnn Schauf