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The holidays are a great time to begin preparing our kids for the next year, but there's so much we could be doing it's hard to know where to start. I've turned to and someone who specialises in helping parents with tweens to give us some great, actionable tips.

JoAnn Schauf, who founded Your Tween and You, and is the author of Loving the Alien: How to Parent Your Tween, emphasizes the importance of focusing on fostering autonomy and confidence in children.

In this episode we talked about:

• Goal-setting and allowing them to use their voice to set their goals.
• The way our role changes and being clear about the new relationship.
• The confusing changes that happen in our tween's brain.
• The benefit of an accountability partner.
• Using an accomplishment journal.
• Noticing when the good things they do.
• Focusing only on effort.
• Allowing our kids to set their own goals.
• Discussing homework building blocks.
• Discussing screen time and empowering them to manage it.

CONTACT JOANN SHAUF:
https://www.yourtweenandyou.com/

OtoZen — a new driving safety app
Are you worried about your teenager getting distracted behind the wheel? 

The OtoZen app helps in real time — not just after something’s gone wrong. It has voice alerts, drive scores, and even safe driving challenges you can set together, it’s the kind of tech that actually helps your teen build better habits. 

1. OtoZen Helps Teens Build Safer Driving Habits

2. Empowers Parents Without Hovering

3. Motivates Teens with Streaks and Rewards

4. Privacy-Focused Alternative to Life360

5. Proven Logic, Easy to Use

OtoZen — a new driving safety app
OtoZen helps build better habits in real time with voice alerts, drive scores, and safey challenges.

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