Teen Savvy Coaching
Helping teens and the adults who care for them to thrive
Let’s get real about fatherhood and it has a way of making us think about the people who shaped us. Sometimes it’s the big memories that come to mind. The family vacations. The milestones. The moments that ended up in photo albums. But more often, it’s the ordinary stuff. A Saturday morning errand that somehow …
Many parents reach a moment where they realize they’re responding to their children in ways that feel familiar, even when those responses aren’t aligned with the parent they want to be. Maybe you hear your own parents’ words coming out of your mouth. Maybe you find yourself reacting before you’ve had time to think. Or …
As parents, we spend so much time trying to help our teens succeed that sometimes we accidentally create pressure instead of connection. In this week’s episode of Parenting Shrink Wrapped, Melissa and I sat down with 19-year-old TEDx speaker and Cloud9 founder Sonia Suthar, and I LOVED every bit of it.. Sonia shared insight after …
When parents think about helping their teens sleep better, we usually focus on routines first. Bedtimes. Screens. Melatonin. White noise. Sleep schedules. But in this week’s episode of Parenting Shrink Wrapped, Melissa and I explored something many of us rarely think about: the actual environment our kids are sleeping in every night. We sat down …
If your teen melts down during math homework, avoids math altogether, or insists they’re “just bad at math,” you are far from alone. In this week’s Parenting Shrink Wrapped episode, we sat down with Dr. Aditya Nagrath, founder of Elephant Learning Mathematics Academy, to unpack something that affects far more teens than most parents realize: …
What is mom guilt, really? Mom guilt is that feeling that no matter what you’re doing… it’s not enough. It’s not always about something you did wrong. Sometimes it’s just the quiet fear that you’re not getting it right. In this episode of Parenting Shrink Wrapped, we talk about both–the real mistakes, and the imagined …
If your child is experiencing teen bullying, it can feel overwhelming, confusing, and deeply personal. As parents, this stuff makes us feel helpless. Our instinct may be to jump in and fix it. And eventually, that may be necessary. But at the outset, the most effective support starts with understanding what’s really happening. What Actually …
