2003: Investing in Your Tween: Navigating Phones, Friendships and Big Feelings

<p>What if the most important investment you make in your child's future isn't paying for travel sports, tutoring, or the latest smartphone—but investing in your relationship?</p><p>Farnoosh sits down with Bridget KerMorris, a Stanford-trained attorney, relational therapist, creator of the Steady + Connected Parenting™ framework, and mom of seven, to discuss why the middle school years may be the most critical—and misunderstood—season of parenting.</p><br><p>Together they explore:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why ages 10–13 are a pivotal window for building lifelong trust</li><li>How to respond to bullying, friendship drama, and emotional outbursts</li><li>The words every middle schooler needs to hear from their parents</li><li>How to repair after conflict instead of striving for perfection</li><li>Navigating phones, social media, and the pressure to fit in</li><li>Teaching kids about money, expensive wants, allowances, and delayed gratification</li><li>Why emotional presence may be the greatest investment parents can make</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Whether you're raising a tween now or your child is heading toward middle school, this conversation offers practical tools, reassuring perspective, and a powerful reminder that your relationship—not your perfection—is what matters most.</p><br><p><strong>More about Bridget:</strong> Bridget KerMorris is a nationally recognized middle school parenting expert, relational therapist, and creator of <a href="bridgetparentco.samcart.com/products/ultimate-…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steady + Connected Parenting™</a>. She is also the host of the new podcast, <a href="buzzsprout.com/2621032"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Middle Years with Bridget KerMorris</em>.</a></p><p><strong>How's midlife going? <a href="jotform.com/build/262556781257063"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fill out Farnoosh's survey</a> and help shape the podcast in 2027.</strong></p>

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