When Your Tween Rages: Scripts For Tweens
When the rage came from somewhere else and landed on you
This Week’s Scenario
They walked in from school and something was already off. You could feel it but you couldn’t name it. And then something small happened; you asked about homework, you said the wrong thing, you were just there, and it erupted. Shouting, swearing, crying, slamming. Words that landed hard. And you’re standing there thinking, “what just happened? What did I do?”
LISTEN TO THE COMPANION PODCAST EPISODE FOR THIS GUIDE
When Your Tween Rages: Home Is Where They Fall Apart
In this episode:
1. Why your tween saves the worst of themselves for you.
2. Why your tween is a pressure cooker by the time they get home.
3. The neuroscience of belonging at this age.
4. What your tween views as a genuine threat.
5. What it actually takes internally to stay water when your tween is fire.
6. Why matching the energy makes everything worse.
7. The one question that cuts through everything.
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