Connection Before Correction: Supporting Pre-Teens/Teens w/ Anxiety, Stress and Challenging Behavior

Parenting teens and pre-teens today can feel overwhelming; especially when anxiety, emotional shutdown, or intense reactions show up at home. Many parents find themselves walking on eggshells, stuck in power struggles, or unsure how to help without making things worse. In this course, parents will learn why traditional discipline often fails during anxious or emotionally charged moments; and what actually helps instead.

Using neuroscience and real-life examples, Dr. Colette Coiner teaches parents how to understand what’s happening beneath behavior, calm the nervous system (their own and their child’s), and build connection first so learning, cooperation, and emotional regulation can occur. This class is practical, compassionate, and designed for parents of teens and pre-teens who want fewer power struggles, less anxiety at home, and a stronger, more trusting relationship with their child—without permissiveness, fear, or guilt.