71. How to Live With Your Teen Who’s Using

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment

How do you live with your teen who’s using? And how do you know whether your behavior as a parent is supportive or enabling? There’s a fine line between the two…

As if that isn’t hard enough to figure out already, additionally, many parents are afraid of losing the relationship they have with their teen by having hard conversations or sticking to their boundaries.

It’s a difficult subject, and an even more difficult situation to be in, so what better place to talk about it than here on the podcast? Let’s dive in.

In this episode on living with your teen who’s using, we discuss:

• Looking at the patterns you see in your teen’s behavior;
• Seeing the bigger picture;
• Understanding what is your part and what isn’t;
• Getting out of black-or-white thinking;
• Upholding boundaries without judgment;
• Remaining in your parent role;
• The key to understanding what’s enabling or supportive in your family.

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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