It's Never Too Late

In this episode, Leah uses relationships depicted on Cheer to illustrate how attachment patterns show up in adolesence and early adulthood. Children with attachment disruptions early in life often grow into adolescents and young adults who struggle to trust reciprocal, intimate relationships. This can lead to them running from the relationship, making accusations, and avoiding any semblence of connection.

Parents of teenagers often imply that they don't have to worry about attachment, or they shouldn't pay attention to it because their kids are older and that has already been set. Beka and Leah talk through ways to promote healthy attachment as our kids enter adolescence, a time when they are supposed to be moving away from us as parents and becoming more invested in their peer relationships.

Rewiring of our kids' brains is ALWAYS possible, often through corrective experiences. This takes lots of effort and time on our part as parents, to start to show them that as we respond to them differently, they can trust our reactions and that these new behaviors are legitimate. This process of rewiring their brains is critical in our belief that it is never too late to start a different way of interacting and being in relationship with our teenagers.

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