My guest today is Dain Heer and we’re talking about helping teenagers make better decisions through judgment, communication, & choices.  We discuss how to react when we know our teenagers are making decisions that (we believe) aren’t in their best interest.  Dain shares tools & strategies for communicating with others, including our youth, when they have different points of view.  We talk about the difference between teaching right and wrong versus the power of choices. We get into the feeling of urgency & reactivity that comes with raising our kids.   Takeaways from the show Access Consciousness  The importance of feeling seen  What gets in the way of being seen without judgment?  Finding compassion instead of dismissing teens  “Just because it’s messy doesn’t mean it’s wrong”  “Your choice creates” language Teens haven’t developed their filters  Awareness comes from experiences  The urgency & reactivity that comes from raising adolescents For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices