Parenting Talk - Effective Teen Parenting
5 February 2026
Details:
Date: Thursday, 5 February 2026
Time: 1.00 – 2.30pm
Age group: For parents of teens in secondary school (13-17 years old)
Cost: Free (fully subsidised by MSF)
Venue: Online (via Zoom)
Synopsis:
With young children, most parents found that telling them what to do worked fine. However, with teens, many parents find themselves facing resistance and rebellion when they use the same way to guide and correct them. Many teens too, are struggling to communicate with their parents and trying to seek their understanding. If you have a pre-teen or teen, come and support one another in discovering ways to parent teens. In this workshop, parents will learn:
- How to understand their teens today, their lifestyles, their behaviour, values, the demands on them, the influence of media, and the challenges involved in parenting teens
- To explore the emotional needs of teens
- To examine the important aspects of their role as parents of teens
- To discover what teens wish from their parents
- Ways to meet the emotional needs of teens
- How to handle triggers in parent-teen relationships and the unmet expectations
- To coach teens in specific life-skills like decision-making and goal setting
