1: Find any common ground.
2: Explore the underlying reasons why you disagree.
3: Start small, by agreeing on non-negotiables for your teens.
4: Think long term about what kind of person you both want your teen to become.
5: Select a signal to use when you don’t agree so that you can discuss it away from your teen.
6: Avoid playing good cop, bad cop.
7: Agree to consistently working to find ways to agree with, not win against your partner.
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My main career was as a BBC Correspondent, World News Anchor for CNBC, BBC World New Radio, and roving reporter/newsreader on local radio.
I’ve always been fascinated by parenting so loved being a Parenting Supercoach for Parent Gym, working in the most deprived boroughs of London.
I’m now the mother of two step-daughters and two teenagers. A failed dog-trainer (you try it in a house where everyone else gives them cheese) and terrible, but enthusiastic, gardener. I’m a long time lover of Ashtanga yoga, jogging, hiking, skiing, reading, music, and all types of adventurous travel.
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