If you want to have a positive impact on teenagers, you need to connect with them. But teens aren't always so easy to talk to. They're on a journey that ultimately leads to flying away from the nest, and they're experimenting with independence and exploring their individuality. And emotions can flare at any time.
It helps to have strong communication skills. Or does it?
Meredith Bell
I recently spoke with Meredith Bell, who has been consulting, speaking, writing and developing products in the area of people skills for 25 years. I wanted to know if her expertise in interpersonal communication helped her raise her teen daughter.
It was an interesting conversation...
The books she referred to are available at Amazon.com...
I think that not only expert communication skills matter but also the relation between the parent and the kid. You both need something to identify with. I'm not a parent, but just someone in his 20's and I know that many teenagers -for example- love online games and use online jargon and because I understand their online jargon I can identify with them and therefore also influence them. Communication and identification.
I'm the creator of customized versions of ProStar Coach, a new kind of online virtual coaching service for developing personal strength and people skills. I’ve been in the learning and development business for over 35 years, and CEO of Performance Support Systems, Inc., since 1987. During that time, all my work has been focused on helping people learn and grow stronger for the challenges of life and work.
When you're trying to build physical strength, it helps to have workout equipment and a personal trainer. That's what ProStar Coachprovides for developing personal strength - 24/7 virtual coaching in an online virtual gym.
Personal strengths are behavior patterns that we ingrain throughout our lives, such as compassion, courage, patience, composure, self-discipline, and dozens more. Like knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and forms of power, personal strengths help us be more effective when working through tough challenges.
For each person, some patterns will be stronger than others. And just like any aspect of physical strength, through repetition you can build up any aspect of personal strength.
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I think that not only expert communication skills matter but also the relation between the parent and the kid. You both need something to identify with. I'm not a parent, but just someone in his 20's and I know that many teenagers -for example- love online games and use online jargon and because I understand their online jargon I can identify with them and therefore also influence them. Communication and identification.
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