Our courses break down the science of raising teens into quick, easy-to-understand, and actionable lessons.
Stop wondering if you’re doing the right thing. There are literally peer-reviewed studies that show you the most effective and successful tactics for raising healthy and empowered teenagers!
"It’s amazing what a little change does. I started asking more open-ended questions when I go on walks with my son and all of a sudden he’s sharing stuff about his life he never mentioned before. It’s brought us immediately closer."
Sam, Father of a teen boy
Teen Brain Trust Courses
LEVEL 1
A New Way of Looking at Teens
The teen impulse to break the status quo and do things that occasionally make us want to pull our hair out is not a flaw in their design; it’s actually a requirement for their growth. If our teens sense that we’re trying to ‘fix’ them they’ll be immediately resistant to working with us.
This course lays the groundwork for how to approach teens in a way that helps us:
- Communicate with them more effectively
- Improve our ability to hear them and be heard by them
- Help them build healthy habits
- Lead them toward healthy risks and away from unhealthy risks
- Motivate them
- Show more patience and tolerance toward them
- And, in general, positively influence their long-term growth and development
LEVEL 2
The Teen Brain’s Superpower
Much of the struggle that we have with our teens (the anxiety, the fears, and the fights) come from not-understanding the necessary components of their brain development. When we break through that understanding we can be the allies our teens need instead of butting heads with them all the time.
This course covers:
- The fundamentals of adolescent brain development
- What the teen brain’s superpower is
- Why teens have this superpower
- What specific opportunities this presents
- And how to help the adolescents in our lives take advantage of these opportunities
LEVEL 3
Unlocking Teen Motivation!
What drives teen behavior? Why do they do what they do? Why do they make the choices they make? How can I get them to get off their computer and go outside?
These questions have been plaguing parents, teachers, and adults who work with teens for millennia. Finally, we have a piece of the answer!
This course covers:
- How the adolescent reward system works and how it’s different from adults
- How to encourage healthy behaviors in teens
- How to support teens in building healthy habits and breaking unhealthy habits
- Why teens take risks
- How supporting healthy risk-taking will make your teen safer
- And More!
Executive Functions: Nurturing Your Teen’s Superpower!
Teens with strong executive functions (planning, goal setting, self-regulation, etc . . .) go on to have:
- Healthier Relationships
- Better Paying Jobs
- Fewer Issues with Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Higher Levels of Reported Happiness
- And more!
The most profound brain development happening during adolescence is occurring in the prefrontal cortex, where their executive functions and personality live.
This course covers:
- The development of the prefrontal cortex and limbic system (the other major behavioral center in the brain)
- How to best support your teens’ executive function development
- Tips and tricks you and your teen can use to hack their behavioral centers and encourage healthy, in-the-moment, decision-making
- How to work with your teen to maximize their developmental advantages
- And more!
So Many Emotions!
Teens feel and express a rollercoaster of large emotions! This is healthy and natural AND can be triggering to adults, other teens, and, well, everybody.
This course covers:
- What emotions are and why they’re so important
- How to help your teen recognize and process their emotions
- How to not to trigger your teen and send them into a spiral
- What to do when you inevitably trigger your teen and send them into a spiral
- And more!
Ready to start parenting with science?
Leaving space for emotions and validating has been a game-changer. The number of big arguments I’m having with my son has literally been cut in half.
Online Community!
The most valuable resources when you’re raising a teen are other people who are raising teens!
Hopepunk Parents is a community of parents committed to using science and evidence-based techniques to raise empowered teenagers who are equipped to tackle the incredible challenges facing their generation.
It’s a space to:
- Talk and ask questions about our courses
- Trade parenting tips and techniques
- Get recommendations on helpful media to introduce your teen to (Read Our Article: 4 Reasons You Should be Watching Sex Education with Your Teen)
- Get advice from our experts when you’re stuck
- Be in a judgment-free space with other people who share your parenting goals
- And More!
Get access to our Online Community and all our courses with our monthly membership.
