A podcast for and by parents, educators, and anyone who cares about young people from their pre-teens to their early twenties. This podcast explores questions raised by parents and educators as they started to hear about the book Can You Help Me Give a Sh*t?: Unlocking Teen Motivation in School and Life, questions about how to help young people thrive in school and life. Podcast hosts include Rebecca R Block, PhD (author, researcher, parent), Elizabeth Daly, MSEd (educator, executive functioning coach, parent), and Jessica Koehler, PhD (researcher, educator, certified youth coach). Grace L Edwards, a current college student and Becca's co-author for the book, also joins whenever her busy class schedule permits! Listeners can submit their questions for discussion at canyouhelpmegivea.com. New episodes drop every Weds at 8 am Eastern during active seasons; the first season wrapped in Oct 2024 and the next one will start early 2025, so make sure to subscribe to get an alert once we're back in season 2!
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For the final episode of season 1, Becca is rejoined by Liz and Jess to discuss a question they've each found it helpful to use when working with tweens and teens, whether as their kids or students: what's right with you? Liz opens it up with a story many parents can relate to of how hard it can be sometimes not to slip out with a "what's wrong with you?" when a kid makes a particularly big slip that just seems inexplicable, and this turns into a conversation about how we can help ourselves and our teens notice that what's right with anyone is often the flip side of what's "wrong" with them--and how we can use some techniques from the business world to do some "lean parenting," as Becca calls it, to make it easier to move forward.
Want your questions answered in season 2? Submit them at canyouhelpmegivea.com (canyouhelpmegivea.com) on the podcast page or comment on one of our posts on IG @canyouhelpmegivea (https://www.instagram.com/canyouhelpmegivea). And make sure you subscribe to the podcast so you get the alert when season 2 starts (throwing a review in there on your favorite podcast listening app is also always appreciated!)
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2 Oct 2024
When to use extrinsic motivation as a parent?
Recently a listener reached out to Becca to ask about when to focus on building sustainable motivation vs when to just use standard extrinsic motivators, like rewards and punishments. To discuss this topic, Becca pulled in her spouse and co-parent, Mark Fasano, because it's both a topic with no one-size-fits-all-answer, and a topic they've discussed many times before. Becca shares how her tendency is to err on the side o building sustainable motivation, Mark on how his is to prioritize whatever will get the job done in the moment. They share examples of when it's worked well to learn from each other and crack jokes that only other Gen Xers will get.
Please reach out to let us know your thoughts and questions on this or other topics via the form at canyouhelpmegivea.com. We can't wait to hear from you!
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25 Sept 2024
How do you get your teen to listen to you when they want to listen to their friends more?
This week, Becca is joined by Cath Covacin, founder of Keys to Potential, who discusses key strategies she's learned form teaching young people in Australia on how to engage with tweens and teens so they want to listen to and connect with you even though the brain development is urging them to do a lot more listening to their peers. You can learn more about Cath's work, including her book and online courses for students, at KeystoPotential.com.au (https://keystopotential.com.au/).
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