12/02/2025
Adults may need help themselves with emotion coaching, to build and improve on the skills of connection an empathy, as mentioned below.
Reading, learning, trying things out, and talking with a therapist can compliment practice and tools to examine, support and reinforce healthy relationships, with oneself and with others.
"Social feeds have a lot to say about “being a man,” [targeting teen boys] and this is a place where parents, caregivers, and educators can help keep the dialogue grounded. Adolescence is a time when the reward system develops faster than planning skills, so high-arousal content can feel persuasive."
Teens need consistent connection with caring adults who become a powerful buffer. It's not helpful or reasonable to have them "figure it out on their own." In fact it's risky to do so. "Your moves matter" as an adult in their life and have a huge influence on their development, what they do, and who they will become.
This guide from the Gottman Institute includes main points of Emotion Coaching, where adults model empathy and repair, and establish simple rituals that make regular conversations easier, along with sensible gaming boundaries you can set together.
Read the full guide: http://bit.ly/43fKmqM
original LinkedIn Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-gottman-institute_social-feeds-have-a-lot-to-say-about-being-activity-7401645340266864640-Bfao?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAXJmG0BewLDU5-WY83SfGtHbRj70oh_MVc
Social feeds have a lot to say about “being a man,” and this is a place where parents, caregivers, and educators can help keep the dialogue grounded. Adolescence is a time when the reward system develops faster than planning skills, so high-arousal content can feel persuasive, and consistent con...
