Kiera Gray gives us an insight into what is going on inside the mind of a teenager on today’s episode of the Father Daughter Dance. Kiera is a 16-year-old woman who is home-schooled in the state of California, she has spent the last four years studying the psychology behind positive reinforcement and non-verbal communication. Kiera’s studies have helped her gain a perspective on the relationship between children and their parents. Her knowledge has allowed her to create a course to help parents get Inside the Teen Mind.
Tune in to hear Kiera discuss how parents can gain a new perspective on their children by asking the right questions, discovering their love languages and how social media has a massive impact on children maturing today.
Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from Kiera in this episode:
- How parents can learn what is going on inside their children’s minds
- The ways you can curate well phrased questions and the power behind questions
- How a father-daughter relationship can be improved by knowing love languages
- The conversations that daughters want to have with their fathers
- How teenagers view the role of social media in their lives
- The psychology behind positive reinforcement and non-verbal communication
Timestamps:
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 0:35 – Who is Kiera Gray?
- 1:10 – The power of a well phrased question
- 7:40 – Introducing Kiera to the podcast
- 9:40 – The ‘Inside the Teen Mind’ course
- 12:00 – Relationship between Kiera and her Dad
- 16:20 – Love Languages
- 19:40 – How fathers should refer to their daughters friends
- 20:50 – The conversations daughters have with their fathers (or want to)
- 22:30 – Dealing with Instagram
- 25:00 – Talking to parents about social media
- 27:25 – What questions do teenagers want from their parents?
- 32:45 – How do teenagers feel about their parents attempts at conversation?
- 35:40 – Should parents join their children on social media?
- 37:30 – Putting in the effort to improve parent-children relationships
- 38:30 – Discussing academics vs feelings & thoughts
- 40:35 – Feeling seen and heard
- 44:30 – Where you can find Kiera’s course
- 45:20 – How our young women discussing dating
- 47:50 – Where are teenagers finding aspirational relationships
- 50:30 – What change would daughters like to make to their Dads?
- 54:50 – The reptile vs ape brain
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