Support to Help You Get Back on Track With Your Teenager
Enjoy Parenting Your Teenager Again
Parenting teenagers can be one the most challenging periods of life – but it can also be one of the most rewarding.
If the challenges of parenting your teenager are outweighing the rewards, then parent coaching could be your answer.
Working with an experienced coach can get you back on an even keel and making positive lasting changes. Even if the relationship with your teen feels permanently broken, or you have completely lost confidence in your ability as a parent; working with a coach can turn things around.
Parent Coaching Could Be For You If You Want To:
Feel more connected and in touch with your teenager
Effectively manage problem teen behaviours without arguments, bribes, or threats
Know what to do and say (or not say) when certain situations arise
Create an atmosphere of order and calm in the family home
Feel more confident in your approach and ability as a parent
Thanks to Chris Hudson we have been able to start again from the foundations, and build up a solid relationship which is now allowing my son to flourish naturally in all areas, not just school. I think that is perhaps the main lesson I have learned: a good relationship with your teenager, good communication and mutual respect, will put everything else in place naturally. It’s not an overnight miracle cure. It takes time, commitment and patience, but the results are spectacular!
Kate Babb (Granada, Spain)
What Is Parent Coaching?
Coaching empowers you to get to where you want to be with your teenager.
Parent Coaching is a results-oriented process focused on the HOW of parenting.
Unlike therapy or counseling, coaching is not interested so much in WHY you and your teen are the way you are, instead the coaching process develops your capacity to MAKE CHANGES. It is all about you taking action and making a difference.
Just like a personal trainer, or life coach, a parent coach helps you move from intentions to achieving, except in this case the focus is on parenting – especially parenting teenagers.
Who Is Parent Coaching For?
There are lots of reasons parents partner with a coach.
Sometimes people engage a coach when they don’t know what to do about their teenager’s behaviour.
Other people work with a coach because they feel confused about their own parenting.
Some parents are just sick of all the tension and stress and want to know how to have an enjoyable relationship with their teenager.
The one thing all parents who hire a coach have in common is a strong desire to see positive change their teenager’s life.
Parents who get the most out of parent coaching are those who are willing to be open and honest about what is happening and willing to try new ways of going about parenting.
Chris really helped me get in touch with my fears and agendas for my teen. This was an invaluable insight as it truly enlightened my teens individual and unique path. It brought to the light what I was doing to block communication and opened up the dialogue. And, the session on chores and reframing worked exceptionally well. It’s been insightful. Our teens can teach us so much about ourselves when we dare to be truly present and listen to their voice while quietening our own. Thank you.:)
Leanne T (SA, Australia)
Meet The Coach
Hi, I’m Chris Hudson, the founder of Understanding Teenagers and a Parent Coach dedicated to supporting parents through the unique challenges of raising teenagers. Parenting a teenager can often feel overwhelming, with stress and confusion at every turn. But it doesn’t have to be that difficult.
I provide supportive and expert guidance tailored specifically for parenting adolescents. Unlike raising young children, parenting teenagers requires a different approach— my coaching is focused on equipping parents to meet the specific challenges of adolescence with calmness and confidence.
I will work one-on-one with you to help you discover how to turn things around with your teenager.
Reasons Parents of Teenagers Work With Chris
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- Feel like their teenagers don’t listen to or respect or them
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- Not sure how to deal with increasingly frequent problem behavior and risk taking
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- Tired of feeling like they are failing as a parent and want to regain their confidence
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- Worried that their teenager has become entitled and not sure how to turn things around
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- Constantly argue or fighting with their teen over everyday issues
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- Unable to communicate effectively with their teenager and feel increasingly disconnected from them
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- Unable to stop reacting in unhelpful ways to their teenager’s attitude or behaviour
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- Struggling to help their unmotivated or low-on-confidence teen make progress
How It Works
Book Your Free Discovery Call
The first step is to arrange your free Discovery Call with Chris. In this first meeting Chris will help you more clearly define what it is you want to change about your situation and formulate a plan of how to go about it. Then you are free to decide if you wish to continue or go your own way.
Attend Coaching Sessions
If you choose to work with Chris, you will have one one one coaching sessions (online / phone) to clarify what you want to do and create strategies to get there. The number and frequency of sessions is up to you.
Make Some Changes
Between sessions you will have set tasks to do. These will range from written exercises, reading tasks, and generally making changes in how you go about parenting your teenager. Chris will available to call on as you go along.
Enjoy Your Teenager
Once you have implemented your changes, worked hard at establishing a healthy relationship with your teenager, and regained your confidence as a parent it will be time to relax and enjoy the good times raising your teenager.
Chris challenges the common and erroneous beliefs we have about teenagers in general but specifically with regards to motivation. I can already see an Improvement in the way my daughter approaches school this year . Chris is a very clear and effective communicator and has much wisdom to offer any parent in general that has a teen.
Lynn Hollaway (Texas USA)