When You Don’t Recognize Your Teenager

If it feels like your once sweet kid has been replaced by a moody, sleep deprived cat who hisses when approached, you’re not imagining it. Their brain is under construction; their identity is in flux; and their emotions are running hotter than ever. Your job isn’t to control the storm, it’s to stay connected through it. When you approach them with curiosity instead of panic, you create the kind of relationship they’ll actually come back to.