You teen has already moved on. Should you? Speaker: Dr. Lisa Damour Source: WHAT TEENAGERS NEED (And How To Provide It) | Rich Roll Podcast One of the prevailing truths about adolescent/teenage children is that they get really wrapped up in what's going on in a given moment. They can be incredibly passionate and heated about something one moment and discard it as nothing the next. Now that's not meant to be a blanket statement, and it's not true about everything all the time. But it's true enough that parents need to realize when they are getting caught in the trap of applying too much care or concern to something their child has shared when their child may already be over it. Now when it comes to behavior issues and some other unfavorable occurrences, we can't always just let it go, but sometimes a step back for the parent can reveal that we have done all we can with a moment, and we are simply dwelling if we don't move forward. Our kid "moving on" or getting over something isn't always a bad thing, and we can sometimes do the same in order to preserve the peace and our sanity because not everything needs to be pressed on 10 times. There's a positive that comes from choosing our moments and battles as parents, and that is never truer than when we are dealing with teens. Share this post with another parent who needs to hear it!