Reviews

I found your podcast only a few months ago and have listened to almost every episode since. It has been a wealth of information and support and such a calming voice to listen to on my daily commute. Such wonderful advice - I only wish I had found you years ago. My girls are now 16 and 18 years old and there is so much I have done incorrectly that seems to have caused huge chasms - I wish I could go back and start again but will take what I have learnt from you into hopefully a happier future. My natural urge to solve their problems immediately has back-fired enormously and I can see now I should have done so much more listening and so much less talking / judging. Thank-you both for sharing your balanced and mindful approach to life with us all. I am sharing this podcast far and wide now - and encouraging those with younger kids to start listening now. Among other things I am struggling at the moment with my 16 year olds views of adult life. I feel there is such a unilateral portrayal of success on social media that is skewed towards superficiality with success being weighed by wealth and appearance and am desperate to expose her to female, and male, role models who have contributed to improving society. I wondered if you have any tips on how to interest a teenager in expanding her outlook to include exposure to real people working towards helping others / society rather than influencers who spend their time producing a story to post that does not always reflect reality? What can we do to balance the onslaught of superficiality from social media? I would love some guidance / tips on this - both online (people to follow) or offline inspirations

This is the best podcast that I didn’t know that I needed. These different subject podcasts are so relevant to anyone with preteens or teens to just dip in and out when you’re faced with a challenging situation, which lets be honest happens about five times a week with teenagers. Educational, relatable, engaging with presenters and guests that are nonjudgemental. A fresh perspective and a little coparent in your pocket!! Fantastic!!

Brilliant! A lifeline for tricky parenting situations. Sanity saving, emotional parent support delivered in a warm & fun way. You have made such a difference to my parenting. I’m still on the rock face, with the ever changing situations to navigate & it’s wonderful not to do it alone. Each new thing that crops up brings me back here. Thank you - you’re doing a wonderful thing. Warm hugs back in return xxx.

I wanted to write to you to say how much I resonated with your episode about estranged parents and children. Your guest beautifully articulated the role of a parent to love children exactly as they are. It reminded me of this post: 'Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you'd have. It's about understanding he is exactly the person he's supposed to be. And, if you're lucky, he might be the teacher who turns you into the person you're supposed to be.' The Water Giver

Hello! I'd like to say how awesome your podcast is. Wow, I can't believe I'm just discovering it. I sure could of used it 4 yrs ago probably. I've listened to around 15 episodes so far and it has been so enlightening. My son is 15 yrs old, 16 creeping up. The struggle has been real. I've already incorporated some of the things I've learned from your show and to my surprise I have seen light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you so much. I still have lots to learn and to put into play of course.

I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed this episode. It was so helpful listening to your girls views and it helped me to prompt some conversations with my teens! Which is not easy as they do not like it when I try to talk about their devices!!

I have gained so many insights into being a parent, what my teens are going through and what they’re likely to go through. It’s reinforced my views but also given me a new perspective on what I could be doing differently. So many different subjects all handled in a very non judgmental and sensitive way. Thank you so much, every parent should listen to your podcasts.

I've just listened to your latest episode about no contact. It really is amazing and there are so many great points about the kids managing their parent's reactions, not giving up, communicating how proud we are of our 'kids' and how it's never too late. I think that was it - without just repeating the entire episode back to you.

I wanted to thank you and your girls for the podcast you did on Reading festival. As the parent of a first time festival goer it has been so helpful. All the advice for me and my son, but it just made the festival feel more real. I could imagine it all a bit more, never having done a festival myself. And it was just getting to the point where I was more concerned about this than GCSE results - your podcast has restored order again, thank you!

Subject: Thank You Rachel and Susie, you are both amazing. I discovered your podcast a number of years ago, right when you first started, at a time when I was struggling to be an effective and understanding parent to a teenager. Since then, I have looked forward to each new episode dropping and have listened religiously each week while walking my dog. Even when I think a particular episode might not be relevant at the time, I listen anyway and I always, always learn something new or take away an important message or tool. Two years ago, I reached out to you when my son, now 14, experienced unexpected cyber trauma. You guided me on how to handle the situation and suggested a process I could work through with Sally. We had a very successful outcome, and for that, I am deeply grateful. I’m also a secondary school teacher, and Teenagers Untangled has become a major contributor to my personal professional learning. I often wonder how I could ever repay you for providing such an exceptional free resource. So thank you, ladies. You have made me a better parent and a better teacher.

Such brilliant conversation! Major recognition, from working with my husband with 3 kids and no close family help 🙏

Your latest episode with your girls was such a breath of fresh air—sniffles and all! Hearing Amelia power through a bad cold to talk about body changes and early puberty was heartwarming, and your honest discussion about toxic friendships and being authentic really struck a chord. It’s clear you and Susie don’t shy away from the tricky, emotion-charged moments all parents face with teens.

I love the podcast and I particularly like the input from your daughters. They are great!!! Thank you

This show has helped me so much with raising my teens. I have two more to come and know it will continue to be an invaluable resource. Please keep it coming! Grateful parent of 4!

I love it

Thanks Ladies. Super helpful and refreshing

Very informative. Useful not only for parents but for teenagers as they start “ adulting”

Very informative. Useul not only for parents but for teenagers as they start 'adulting'.

I have listened to practically every episode. I specifically appreciate that you have done the time consuming work of reading the books and doing the research and just give us the main take aways. Very thought provoking. Can you please do an episode on Entitled teens; how to prevent in the first place and what to do if you have one. My 19 year old in her first job feels that she should be earning way more than minimum wage. Also a bit of feedback on learning to drive -I have had some lovely together time with my daughter when we take a rest in between practice drives in new places. It’s a great opportunity to spend chill time together.

A big thank you to your daughter for her recent podcast on relationship breakups. She spoke so openly and bravely, I really loved her insights. My daughter is coming to the end of Year 11, but so much of your daughters experience resonated on so many levels. I look forward to listening to it with her. I think these insights will be helpful coming from someone a couple of years older. I’ve listened for a long time, but I listened extra hard today and thank you both for that 🩷

I've listened to it about 4 times and shared it with a friend who was struggling with her daughter. It has also helped me manage conflict with my husband. Thank you. I love, love your podcast.

Dear Rachel and Susie, I rarely ( possibly never) send an email like this as I’m fairly new to podcasts but I have been listening for the past 4-5 months including older episodes and it’s been so helpful and insightful. I have 4 children, the 2 eldest are teenage ( one doing GCSEs so that episode super helpful, the younger slightly neurodivergent so it’s been a challenging year ). I’ve struggled to always be present/make myself available to the teenagers when also distracted by the younger children/ sleep deprivation from a toddler. Susie’s perspective on musical children and not practicing/ giving up resonated so much with me as my children are very musical but we have had lots of issues with practicing/ motivation. Also your 2 minute timer to talk has been a great tip. I found listening to Rachel’s daughters gave a fresh perspective as I am tempted to helicopter in. You made me laugh out loud with your car chat on big topics like porn because I’m exactly that…I almost can’t stop myself once I’ve read something and it’s in my mind! Anyway I’ve shared the podcast with my medical GP colleagues/ patients and friends. Hopefully it can be helpful to more parents. Very best wishes, Dr Catherine

I've learned so much from listening to Teenagers Untangled. I wish I had started listening when my oldest was 11, which would have made parenting easier starting with the middle school years. So much good information including mindfulness tips. Enjoyable to listen to the hosts and their guests. Highly recommend!

Dear Rachel, I have just listened to your episode of Teenagers Untangled no 139 on starting secondary school, featuring your two daughters. I had to stop unpacking my shopping when the episode finished to email you to tell you how wonderful it was! Your two daughters were quite brilliant, and I loved their insights. They were interesting, articulate and gave me many aha moments, as well as insightful thoughts on the teenage years. I am in the thick of it; their answers on the first question on how teens can often take out their feelings on their Mums brought a tear to my eye and a lump in my throat as I was driving home. They summed up brilliantly how teens do this out of love and having this one safe space to let out their negative feelings is so important, and to take it as a compliment. I always knew this intellectually from my listening and reading but to hear it from your lovely thoughtful teenagers meant and helped so much. Thank you to you all. You must be so proud of your daughters, like their mother, they are intelligent, thoughtful and lovely young women. Please tell how amazing their episode was and how much it helped so many grown women and mothers like me. I love your work and listen to your podcast a lot, I have so many of the past episodes starred to listen to. The work you do is so valuable and I love it. It is exactly as you describe it, an audio hug. Like listening to a wonderful and informed friend, whose opinion is backed by research and thoughtful dissection of the evidence. Thank you for all your wonderful work you do, you and your daughters are amazing people. I look forward to their next episode, .... and yours of course ! With warm regards, Juliette