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My teenager has gone quiet
Withdrawal at this stage is usually developmental. The response is availability, not extraction.
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Families
If you are the parent
- 1The Silent TeenagerBuilding side-by-side conversation opportunities instead of face-to-face interrogations.Families
- 2Conflict Repair After You Lost Your TemperA specific repair sequence — name it, own it, do not explain it away, ask what they need.Families
- 3From Manager to MentorRewriting your role as their competence grows, and saying the new terms out loud.Families
- 4Staying Above the Line in a Hard MomentUsing the Inner Map to notice your own state before you respond to theirs.Families
- 5Money Conversations That Are Not About MoneyMaking the family's actual financial reality legible, so budgeting stops being a proxy fight about trust.Families
- 6The Alcohol and Drugs Conversation, Before It Is UrgentA harm-reduction conversation that keeps you as a source of information rather than a risk to hide from.Families
- 7Apologising to an Adult ChildRepairing something from years ago without demanding absolution in return.Families
Episodes on this
- In productionThe Intervention Series
3. When They Stop Talking
With a family systems therapist
- Is silence developmental or is it a signal?
- Why do side-by-side conversations work better than face-to-face?
- In productionThe Long Handover
2. How Often Is Too Often To Text
With an adolescent psychologist
- Who is the contact rhythm actually for?
- What does location sharing cost you?
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