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Parent-Teacher Conference: Conversations on parenting teens and adolescents.

by Braden Bell

A father of 5 and veteran middle school teacher reflects on his own experience and engages with other interesting voices about parenting adolescents. bradenbellphd.substack.com

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Aug 16, 2025 · 18 min
Hi Everyone! I thought I would try a format that I *think* will provide a transcript, a podcast, or video so you can, hopefully, access it in the most convenient possible format for you. Let me know what you think. Cheers, Braden Great — here’s the full transcript fully formatted all the way through…
Jan 15, 2025 · 16 min
Hi everybody! I think I've mentioned before that I have a fairly long commute into work and I always like to spend the time on my way to work thinking and reflecting. I'm going to try making some little videos; we'll see if you like them or not. What I'll do is post these in such a way that you can…
Jan 3, 2025 · 10 min
Hi Everyone! As many of you know, I needed to take a little hiatus for some various reasons, but I'm back and planning on resuming this newsletter. I'm excited to jump back in! I think I'm going to experiment with different formats. Since I stopped, Substack has really increased its capabilities an…
Sep 5, 2024 · 11 min
I took a sabbatical from this newsletter for some various personal reasons, but my life is now in a place where I think I can get back to thinking and reflecting and writing about parenting adolescents. I wanted to try a new form, though. I started making what I hope are short, positive TikTok vid…
Nov 11, 2023 · 1h 1m
Parents, if you have ever felt that your weaknesses and mistakes mighg mess your child up; if you feel that a happy family means attaining some arbitrary and impossible standard of perfection that implies being free of real challenges; if you have a child who argues with you; if you have real and di…
Sep 30, 2023 · 52 min
Amy Joyce is the editor of the “On Parenting” section of The Washington Post. In her role, Amy encounters hundreds of parenting pieces a week. She fields questions from regular parents and hears from leading thinkers and writers on parenting. She is also a parent. Like all parents, Amy has question…
Sep 16, 2023 · 59 min
Bringing her trademark wit, humor, and empathy, award-winning author Mary Laura Philpott drops by to talk about both the paradox of parenting: it brings us great joy and also brings us significant vulnerability. Mary Laura discuss her own parenting journey, including how we come to make peace with t…
Sep 4, 2023 · 1h 12m
Theatre arts educator Dr. Jim DeVivo stops by for a wide-ranging discussion about the value of the creative arts in education, mentorship, encouraging creativity, helping kids find their voices, dealing with pandemic-era, social-emotional learning loss, and an article in The New York Times that says…
Aug 26, 2023 · 42 min
Navigating friendships and social relationships is one of the most significant parts of a child’s life. During adolescence, social relationships take on enormous, out-sized importance. That also means that when things get challenging, it can be very difficult. The good news is that there are habits …
Aug 19, 2023 · 37 min
Navigating friendships and social relationships is one of the most significant parts of a child’s life. During adolescence, social relationships take on enormous, out-sized importance. That also means that when things get challenging, it can be very difficult. The good news is that there are habits…
Aug 12, 2023 · 54 min
Eliza Thompson has a Master's of Social Work from Utah State University. She's a certified social worker and is working as a therapist at a private practice, specializing in perinatal mental health.  Eliza's a self-described self-development junkie. She frequently posts and shares thoughts on her jo…
Aug 4, 2023 · 50 min
Before I introduce this episode, I’d like to ask a favor if I may. This is my first podcast ever and I really enjoyed doing it. Are you, my wonderful readers, interested in more? If so, do you have suggestions or ideas for guests and/or topics? I’d love your feedback as well. I personally love long…