How to Raise a Solution Finder

If you’ve ever worried your teen won’t take the smallest steps in solving their problems, take a step back and examine the role parents sometimes play in keeping teenagers from taking an active role in finding solutions. We may be making things easy in the short term when we propose strategies we would use, but that action stops your teen from building their problem-solving muscles. Instead, be a sounding board and let them bounce ideas off of you simply by listening and asking questions. Let them do the important work of learning how to find solutions.

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