Parenting Today's Teens · Mark Gregston

Teen Stories: Searching for Trust

·19 min·2 clips
A teen admits he thought the counseling center would be 'like jail,' but reveals it has 'changed me as a person for the better.'
Host Mark Gregston interviews two teens from the Heartlight residential counseling center. They share candid stories about family conflict, substance use, and their journeys toward personal growth and rebuilding relationships with their parents.

As heard by us

A plainspoken family conversation about regret, repair, and the awkward start of trust.

This episode stays close to a tense mother-son relationship and the regret that hangs over it. Mark Gregston keeps the talk plain and direct, and the best stretch is when it sounds less like guidance and more like someone trying to say the hard thing without hiding behind polish.

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Listen if you want a direct, hopeful conversation with a Heartlight teen about regret and rebuilding a relationship with his mom.

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