Act Like a Coach

Let’s pretend you’re an NBA coach. Your best player is struggling, missing every single shot. Your two options are to ignore the problem and hope your player figures it out on their own, or help the player work on their jump-shot skills. I bet you know which option leads to the NBA’s Coach of the Year. See your teen’s struggles as an opportunity to teach self-regulation and establish a closer bond. Empathize and validate their emotions. Be your teen’s coach, which brings with it the prize of raising a responsible, self-regulating adult. Two points!

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