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Podcast: Conversations with Dr. Jennifer
Episode: Preparing Teens for Healthy Intimate Relationships
Description: The ability to self-author is a crucial developmental milestone—one that many adults struggle to achieve. To self-author is to develop an inner moral compass. It is to develop the self-trust that can guide us in making principled, honest choices in the face of life’s challenges without dependency on others to tell us who to be or what is true.Â
The ability to self-author is important in being able to create solid, close relationships. Â And because it matters for our happiness, it is especially important for parents to foster this ability in their teenagers.Â
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