12-Year-Old Parenting Montana Tools

By: Center for Health and Safety Culture
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  • Summary

  • Your twelve-year-old is working to assert their independence while still being dependent. They will naturally test limits and break rules. Although this is challenging for parents and those in a parenting role, it is a normal part of your child’s/teen’s development and necessary for their learning. Now is the right time to engage your child/teen in learning how to manage their own behaviors, solve problems, and make healthy choices. The information provided in this podcast from ParentingMontana.org will provide you with a process and tools to use today to help your child/teen develop the social and emotional skills needed for a successful future. When you approach daily interactions with your child/teen using the tools shared in this podcast, you build the trusting relationship needed to navigate challenges today and in years to come. Parents and those in a parenting role have many proud moments as well as worries with each stage of their child’s/teen’s life. Parenting is not easy and is a big responsibility. ParentingMontana.org has resources for each age as your parenting needs evolve with your child’s/teen’s growth. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services partnered with the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University to encourage healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development through ParentingMontana.org. Although the process and tools were created in Montana, the need for building parenting skills is relevant to parents everywhere. This podcast, brought to you by ParentingMontana.org, will teach you to engage your child/teen by using a five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize. Using this process in your daily interactions with your child/teen enables you to address specific parenting challenges while nurturing your relationship. As your parenting needs change with your child’s/teen’s growth, you will already be comfortable with the five-step process. Solid communication skills along with a healthy relationship enable parents and those in a parenting role to engage their child/teen to work through struggles. The ability to engage your child/teen in communicating and problem solving cultivates the skills necessary for lifelong success. The tools available for parenting your twelve-year-old include: Anger, Back Talk, Bullying, Chores, Confidence, Conflict, Discipline, Establishing Rules About Alcohol, Friends, Homework, Listening, Lying, Mixed Messages About Alcohol, Peer Pressure, Reading, Routines, and Stress. Listen now to invest in yourself as a parent, and your child/teen will benefit for a lifetime!
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Episodes
  • Empathy for Your 12-Year-Old

    Empathy for Your 12-Year-Old
    Apr 4 2023

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    26 mins
  • Stress and Anxiety for Your 12-Year-Old

    Stress and Anxiety for Your 12-Year-Old
    Sep 29 2021

    As your 12-year-old deals with more social, academic, and extracurricular pressures, their stress and anxiety may rise requiring Montana parental support.

    Now is the right time for parents and those in a parenting role to gain confidence using a process that creates an environment for strengthening your relationship with your child and growing your skills. Parenting is not easy, and every parent wants to be successful. ParentingMontana.org and this podcast will prepare you on your journey as a parent with a five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize. This process allows you to address specific parenting issues while building a strong relationship with your child and promoting healthy growth throughout their lives. Becoming familiar with the five-step process will grow your skills as a parent now and allow you to use the same steps to face future challenges in healthy, positive ways.

    In step one, parents and those in a parenting role create a purposeful opportunity to Gain Input when engaging with their child. In this initial step, you are working to truly hear, understand, and value what your child has to say. Gaining input helps to correct any assumptions about behavior, grows social and emotional skills, builds confidence, and conveys respect. Connecting while gaining input creates a sense of ownership and understanding, which sets the tone for step two, Teach. To teach is to demonstrate what you would like to see your child be able to do and equip them with knowledge and skills. Through teaching, children learn how to interact with the world and what is expected of them. Step three, Practice, is a chance for you to allow your child to try a new skill knowing it is okay to struggle and try again. It is an opportunity to improve behavior, grow habits, build social and emotional skills, support a growth mindset, and receive feedback constructively. Step four, Support, involves coaching, providing feedback, reteaching, monitoring, and following through by applying logical consequences and reflecting. Support grows cause and effect thinking and reinforces the ability to be successful while building social and emotional skills for children and parents and those in a parenting role. Step five, Recognize, creates an opportunity to intentionally acknowledge efforts and successes thereby nurturing motivation for continued growth. Recognizing your child’s efforts encourages self-confidence and self-esteem while building a positive parent-child relationship!

    With practice, this parenting process becomes natural and allows parents and those in a parenting role to navigate each stage of their child’s life as different needs arise. Listen to learn how to apply the five-step process to your parenting needs. Visit ParentingMontana.org for more information about the process, tools, and many other resources to help you raise your child with the skills they need to be successful now and in the future.

    Helpful Links

    https://parentingmontana.org/

    https://parentingmontana.org/parenting-process-for-your-childs-success/

    https://parentingmontana.org/parenting-process-for-your-childs-success-printable-graphic/

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    23 mins
  • Talking About Differences for Your 12-Year-Old

    Talking About Differences for Your 12-Year-Old
    Sep 29 2021

    Talking about differences should not feel shameful to a 12-year-old; rather parents in Montana can model discussions that create respect and appreciation.

    Now is the right time for parents and those in a parenting role to gain confidence using a process that creates an environment for strengthening your relationship with your child and growing your skills. Parenting is not easy, and every parent wants to be successful. ParentingMontana.org and this podcast will prepare you on your journey as a parent with a five-step process: Gain Input, Teach, Practice, Support, and Recognize. This process allows you to address specific parenting issues while building a strong relationship with your child and promoting healthy growth throughout their lives. Becoming familiar with the five-step process will grow your skills as a parent now and allow you to use the same steps to face future challenges in healthy, positive ways.

    In step one, parents and those in a parenting role create a purposeful opportunity to Gain Input when engaging with their child. In this initial step, you are working to truly hear, understand, and value what your child has to say. Gaining input helps to correct any assumptions about behavior, grows social and emotional skills, builds confidence, and conveys respect. Connecting while gaining input creates a sense of ownership and understanding, which sets the tone for step two, Teach. To teach is to demonstrate what you would like to see your child be able to do and equip them with knowledge and skills. Through teaching, children learn how to interact with the world and what is expected of them. Step three, Practice, is a chance for you to allow your child to try a new skill knowing it is okay to struggle and try again. It is an opportunity to improve behavior, grow habits, build social and emotional skills, support a growth mindset, and receive feedback constructively. Step four, Support, involves coaching, providing feedback, reteaching, monitoring, and following through by applying logical consequences and reflecting. Support grows cause and effect thinking and reinforces the ability to be successful while building social and emotional skills for children and parents and those in a parenting role. Step five, Recognize, creates an opportunity to intentionally acknowledge efforts and successes thereby nurturing motivation for continued growth. Recognizing your child’s efforts encourages self-confidence and self-esteem while building a positive parent-child relationship!

    With practice, this parenting process becomes natural and allows parents and those in a parenting role to navigate each stage of their child’s life as different needs arise. Listen to learn how to apply the five-step process to your parenting needs. Visit ParentingMontana.org for more information about the process, tools, and many other resources to help you raise your child with the skills they need to be successful now and in the future.

    Helpful Links

    https://parentingmontana.org/

    https://parentingmontana.org/parenting-process-for-your-childs-success/

    https://parentingmontana.org/parenting-process-for-your-childs-success-printable-graphic/

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    21 mins

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