17-Year-Old Parenting Montana Tools

By: Center for Health and Safety Culture
  • Summary

  • As your seventeen-year-old matures, they will need to test their limits and the rules in order to internalize them. This can lead to power struggles, especially since at times seventeen-year-olds feel like adults. Parenting a teen is not an easy journey. There are small things parents and those in a parenting role can do today to foster a strong relationship with their teen while supporting them to manage their own behavior, solve problems, and make healthy choices. ParentingMontana.org gives parents and those in a parenting role the opportunity to grow their skills using a process and tools to engage their teens in important conversations. This podcast gives you access to resources from the website that will allow you to support your teen in developing the social and emotional skills crucial for their success. Honest communication with your teen utilizing the process available in this podcast will build the relationship necessary for enjoying the teen years and beyond. Raising a teen is an adventure that comes with a lot of excitement as well as worry. Parents and those in a parenting role will appreciate the process and tools that ParentingMontana.org offers to support their teens’ growth during this important time of development and change. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services teamed with the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University to promote healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development using ParentingMontana.org. The site was originally created to offer skill building to parents in Montana, yet the tools can benefit parents and those in a parenting role anywhere. This podcast teaches a five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize. Engaging your teen in the process through your daily interactions helps them to understand themselves and problem solve while building a genuine relationship with you. With time, you and your teen will become more natural using the process and will be equipped to navigate challenges today and down the road. Supporting your teen to face struggles and build life skills requires clear communication and a healthy relationship. The topics and tools available for parenting your seventeen-year-old include: Anger, Back Talk, Bullying, Chores, Confidence, Conflict, Discipline, Establishing Rules About Alcohol, Friends, Homework, Listening, Lying, Mixed Messages About Alcohol, Peer Pressure, Reading, Routines, and Stress. Listen now to support your teen in building skills for their successful future.
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Episodes
  • Empathy for Your 17-Year-Old
    Apr 4 2023
    24 mins
  • Stress for Your 17-Year-Old
    May 19 2021

    Montana parents can help their 17-year-old learn to manage stress and other emotions in healthy ways with a five-step process.

    Now is the right time for parents and those in a parenting role to gain confidence using a process that creates an environment for strengthening your relationship with your child and growing your skills. Parenting is not easy, and every parent wants to be successful. ParentingMontana.org and this podcast will prepare you on your journey as a parent with a five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize. This process allows you to address specific parenting issues while building a strong relationship with your child and promoting healthy growth throughout their lives. Becoming familiar with the five-step process will grow your skills as a parent now and allow you to use the same steps to face future challenges in healthy, positive ways.  

    In step one, parents and those in a parenting role create a purposeful opportunity to Gain Input when engaging with their child. In this initial step, you are working to truly hear, understand, and value what your child has to say. Gaining input helps to correct any assumptions about behavior, grows social and emotional skills, builds confidence, and conveys respect. Connecting while gaining input creates a sense of ownership and understanding, which sets the tone for step two, Teach. To teach is to demonstrate what you would like to see your child be able to do and equip them with knowledge and skills. Through teaching, children learn how to interact with the world and what is expected of them. Step three, Practice, is a chance for you to allow your child to try a new skill knowing it is okay to struggle and try again. It is an opportunity to improve behavior, grow habits, build social and emotional skills, support a growth mindset, and receive feedback constructively. Step four, Support, involves coaching, providing feedback, reteaching, monitoring, and following through by applying logical consequences and reflecting. Support grows cause and effect thinking and reinforces the ability to be successful while building social and emotional skills for children and parents and those in a parenting role. Step five, Recognize, creates an opportunity to intentionally acknowledge efforts and successes thereby nurturing motivation for continued growth. Recognizing your child’s efforts encourages self-confidence and self-esteem while building a positive parent-child relationship! 

    With practice, this parenting process becomes natural and allows parents and those in a parenting role to navigate each stage of their child’s life as different needs arise. Listen to learn how to apply the five-step process to your parenting needs. Visit ParentingMontana.org for more information about the process, tools, and many other resources to help you raise your child with the skills they need to be successful now and in the future. 

    Helpful Links

    https://parentingmontana.org/ 

    https://parentingmontana.org/parenting-process-for-your-childs-success/

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    21 mins
  • Routines for Your 17-Year-Old
    May 18 2021

    Montana parents can help their teens, age 17, establish regular routines to help them be successful and help your family move through the day smoothly.

    Now is the right time for parents and those in a parenting role to gain confidence using a process that creates an environment for strengthening your relationship with your child and growing your skills. Parenting is not easy, and every parent wants to be successful. ParentingMontana.org and this podcast will prepare you on your journey as a parent with a five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize. This process allows you to address specific parenting issues while building a strong relationship with your child and promoting healthy growth throughout their lives. Becoming familiar with the five-step process will grow your skills as a parent now and allow you to use the same steps to face future challenges in healthy, positive ways.  

    In step one, parents and those in a parenting role create a purposeful opportunity to Gain Input when engaging with their child. In this initial step, you are working to truly hear, understand, and value what your child has to say. Gaining input helps to correct any assumptions about behavior, grows social and emotional skills, builds confidence, and conveys respect. Connecting while gaining input creates a sense of ownership and understanding, which sets the tone for step two, Teach. To teach is to demonstrate what you would like to see your child be able to do and equip them with knowledge and skills. Through teaching, children learn how to interact with the world and what is expected of them. Step three, Practice, is a chance for you to allow your child to try a new skill knowing it is okay to struggle and try again. It is an opportunity to improve behavior, grow habits, build social and emotional skills, support a growth mindset, and receive feedback constructively. Step four, Support, involves coaching, providing feedback, reteaching, monitoring, and following through by applying logical consequences and reflecting. Support grows cause and effect thinking and reinforces the ability to be successful while building social and emotional skills for children and parents and those in a parenting role. Step five, Recognize, creates an opportunity to intentionally acknowledge efforts and successes thereby nurturing motivation for continued growth. Recognizing your child’s efforts encourages self-confidence and self-esteem while building a positive parent-child relationship! 

    With practice, this parenting process becomes natural and allows parents and those in a parenting role to navigate each stage of their child’s life as different needs arise. Listen to learn how to apply the five-step process to your parenting needs. Visit ParentingMontana.org for more information about the process, tools, and many other resources to help you raise your child with the skills they need to be successful now and in the future. 

    Helpful Links

    https://parentingmontana.org/ 

    https://parentingmontana.org/parenting-process-for-your-childs-success/

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    16 mins

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