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Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens is the essential podcast for parents seeking expert guidance, tested strategies, and psychological insights on raising kids, especially tweens and teens. Join renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour and former journalist and mom of two Reena Ninan as they explore real-life parenting challenges. Looking to learn more about how to boost kids’ resilience, build their confidence, or support their emotional well-being? Dr. Lisa and Reena have got you covered! Together they address listener questions about stress, anxiety, social media concerns, school pressures, and challenges in peer relationships. Each episode provides practical advice a…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It turns charged parenting questions into calm conversations about judgment, limits, independence, and staying connected.
Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens takes charged family decisions and slows them down enough for parents to see what they are actually deciding. Dr.
The iPad becomes the phone audition when your teen starts campaigning for an upgrade.
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A grounded look at the harder question behind a college milestone: whether a child is ready for life several states away.
A college milestone becomes a sharper parenting question when Rina Nainan asks Dr. Lisa DeMoor how to prepare a kid for wild college parties several states away.
A candid, careful discussion of teen intimacy, parental permission, and the awkward limits of openness.
Should a teenager be allowed to have sex at home? The episode works best by staying with the unease instead of trying to settle it. It places American discomfort alongside the Dutch approach described by Dr.
A grounded conversation about setting screen boundaries without closing down trust.
Screen time becomes a test of family trust as Reena Nainan and Dr. Lisa DeMoor track one parent's choice to delay a phone and wait for developmental markers before widening access.
A grounded look at gaming, social connection, and why being online is not always the same as being alone.
A son's gaming becomes a sharper question about connection as the conversation moves through the pandemic, the living room, and the friendships forming through online play.
A clear, parent-minded look at how athletic pressure can shape a teenager's identity and pride.
"Adolescence" looks at how a teenager's sense of self can be boxed in by the expectations around him. Jamie's story gives the episode its strongest thread: his life as an athlete sits beside his interest in drawing, and the conversation is sharpest when it notices how quickly…
Parenthood and bodies, told one honest story at a time.
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Episode 266 of "Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens" centers on a parent asking whether a 17-year-old can have sex with his girlfriend at home.
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Ask Lisa episode 214 asks whether a 13-year-old who plays sports, gets straight A's, and prefers Xbox to team practices should be allowed to spend most of his free time gaming.
Ask Lisa episode 213 centers on Netflix's Adolescence, a four-episode series about 13-year-old Jamie Miller and Katie Leonard that the hosts use to discuss teenage boys, family life, and online misogyny.
This episode discusses teen sleep deprivation with author Lisa L.
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