Parenting Teenagers Untangled: The award-winning podcast for parents of tweens and teens, offering realistic, science-backed advice for calmer, more connected family life.
Exam Stress: The Secret to Parents Helping Teens and Tweens Thrive
June 17, 202648 min · 9,158 words
Show notes
Ask Rachel anything Exam stress — are your teen’s exams quietly overwhelming them (and you)? In this episode of Teenagers Untangled I spoke with Katherine Radice, author of The Parent’s Guide to Exam Stress, to explore: * Why teens withdraw and how parental questions can shut down conversations about school * What makes exams uniquely stressful (risk, public outcomes, long timelines) * How parents can build calm, constructive conversations and listen so te…
Highlighted moments
unless they happen to be top of the class in everything, every single teenager will know someone who looks like they're doing better than they are. And therefore, conversations about school often get very close to those vulnerabilities of insecurity
“the challenge with associative memory is that we as parents often think we understand because we've got a body of meaning in our heads, but we don't necessarily understand the thing that our child is experiencing.”
“if you want that push to be effective and enabling as opposed to crushing, you do need to understand what that cost looks like so that you can help your child find the emotional reserves and energy to meet that cost and keep going.”
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