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Tuning in to Teens™: Supporting Your Teen’s Emotional Growth

 

The teenage years can be powerful, confusing, messy, brave, emotional, and fast-moving, often all in the same week.

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Tuning in to Teens™ is a licensed, evidence-based parenting program designed to help parents and carers better understand and support adolescents aged 10 to 18. At The Poppet Centre, we deliver this trusted emotional coaching framework in flexible formats that better suit the realities of busy family life.

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Teenagers do not need parents who have every answer. They need adults who can stay connected, curious, calm enough to listen, and confident enough to guide.

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Why This Program Matters

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Adolescence is a time of enormous emotional, social, and neurological change. During these years, young people are learning how to:

• manage strong emotions
• navigate friendships and peer pressure
• communicate needs and boundaries
• cope with disappointment, conflict, and uncertainty
• develop identity, confidence, and self-respect

 

Parents remain deeply important during this stage, even when teens appear to push away. The quality of emotional connection still matters.

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What You'll Learn

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Tuning in to Teens™ helps parents and carers learn how to:

• better understand the emotional world of their teen
• regulate their own reactions during conflict and stress
• respond to emotional moments with empathy and steadiness
• support teens to name, understand, and manage feelings
• maintain connection while still holding boundaries and expectations
• strengthen communication, trust, and mutual respect

 

This is not about becoming softer or losing authority. It is about learning how to lead with emotional intelligence as well as structure.

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Choose The Format That Fits Your Family

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We know many parents of teens are already juggling school, sport, work, friendship dramas, digital life, and the general chaos of adolescence. That is why The Poppet Centre offers a range of delivery formats.

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Standard Series
The traditional group format delivered across 6 weekly sessions. Best for parents who value paced learning, reflection between sessions, and the shared wisdom that comes from a supportive group setting.

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Marathon Format
Our most practical option for busy parents. This includes one full-day workshop covering the core Tuning In framework, followed by two 90-minute one-to-one coaching sessions. The day gives you the theory, structure, and tools. The coaching sessions help you apply them to your own teen, your own household, and the actual conversations that matter most.

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Intensive: Weekend Immersion
A retreat-style format for parents wanting deeper space to reset and think. This option allows for a more concentrated and reflective exploration of emotional coaching, adolescent development, communication patterns, and family dynamics.

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Private Parent Coaching Format
A tailored one-to-one pathway for families who prefer privacy, scheduling flexibility, or more individualised support. Especially helpful where there is conflict, shutdown, anxiety, school stress, behavioural concern, or simply a wish to work more directly on the parent-teen relationship.

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