Fresh Take: Amy Betters-Midtvedt on What No One Tells You About Parenting Teens

Published: Aug. 9, 2024, 9:30 a.m.

You hear that parenting teens is a wild ride. But as Amy Betters-Midtvedt, author of the new book YOU'LL MAKE IT (AND THEY WILL TOO), says, it can also be baffling:\n\u201cSo much weirdness comes when they go back-and-forth between staying their old selves and becoming their new ones. Conflict will suddenly flow out of nowhere over nothing.\u201d\nBut you'll make it. And they will too.\nAmy Betters-Midtvedt is a Today Parenting contributing author with more than a million readers and twenty-five years of experience working with adolescents and families. In this episode, she and Amy Wilson discuss\n\nWhy teens are constantly flipping from cuddly to crabby\n\nWhy we owe it to our kids to be the best versions of ourselves\n\nWhen texting\u2014or GIFs\u2014is the best way to communicate\n\n\nHere's where you can find Amy Betters-Midtvedt:\n\namybettersmidtvedt.com\n\nFB: @Amy Betters-Midtvedt\n\nTikTok: @hidingwithcoffee\xa0\n\nIG: @Amy.Betters-Midtvedt\n\nX:@amymidtvedt\n\nBuy YOU'LL MAKE IT (AND THEY WILL TOO): https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780593601129\n\n\n\nWhat Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can\u2019t wait to go back on the road!\xa0https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour\n\ufeff\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, parenting teens \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices