Blog: Teen Brain

Consequences, growth rate, and encouraging healthy choices in our teens

May 11th, 2016

Consequences, growth rate, and encouraging healthy choices in our teens ▶ custom player

In this Teen Tidbit, Evan Center, LCPC of Center Counseling in Bozeman, MT talks about how fast teens grow and what that means for parenting strategy, making mistakes, and allowing adolescents to try again as well as what consequences make the most sense for helping teens make better choices in the future. Listen to learn how to take into account the growth of your teen when considering your approach to helping them learn and grow

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The Un-fix Fix

November 23rd, 2015

The Un-fix Fix ▶ custom player

In this podcast, Evan Center talks about the urge to fix situations and relieve uncomfortable emotions in our children… And how to approach this differently with teens. She calls it the “un-fix fix.” Listen to find out how to respond when your teen runs up against a problem or difficult emotion.

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What Video Games do to Teen’s Brains

December 15th, 2014

Check out this article for a short summary of what video games can do to your teen’s developing brain. It isn’t pretty. AND definitely read this before you invest in new games or a new system for your teen if that was on their list for the holiday.

Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain

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Your Teen’s Emotions (and Your Own)

May 14th, 2014

Your Teen’s Emotions (and Your Own) ▶ custom player

In this podcast, Evan guides parents to better understand not only their teens and their own emotions, but the very nature of emotions and how to shift perspective and relationship to emotions so they don’t feel as disruptive.

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How Parents can Harness the Power of the Teenage Brain

April 14th, 2014

How Parents can Harness the Power of the Teenage Brain ▶ custom player

In this tidbit, Evan shares insights from Psychiatrist Daniel Siegel about how parents can better understand the positives of adolescent development — not only for their children’s sake, but for their own vitality and brain health.

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