The way you're talking with your teen is damaging your relationship with them. Here's what you're doing wrong: not implementing the concept of open communication.

In today's episode, learn the scientific-based ways to understand adolescents.

Here's all the knowledge you'll master by listening to the end of the episode:

- Cognitive control network vs default network

- The 5 psychological needs:

1. Caring connections

2. Agency

3. Mastery

4. Identity

5. Purpose

- The shared solutions framework

- The concept of possibilities mindset

- How to use conflicts as opportunities for problem-solving

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Ellen Galinsky is the President of the Families and Work Institute and the elected President of the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN). Previous jobs include Chief Science Officer at the Bezos Family Foundation and faculty at Bank Street College. Her research has focused on work-life, child and adolescent development, youth voice, child-care, parent-professional relationships, and parental development. Galinsky is the author of Mind in the Making, a best-selling book on early learning that the New York Times called “an iconic parenting manual,” and The Breakthrough Years, a new scientific framework for raising thriving teens.

A popular keynote speaker, Galinsky has presented at five White House Conferences, including the White House Conference on Teenagers in 2000. She has also been featured regularly in the media, including appearances on Good Morning America, the Today Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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