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Challenge Accepted: Raising Kids Who Step Up [with Chris Balme]

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If your tween or teen feels stuck, scared of failure, or glued to their screen, this episode will change everything. Education innovator Chris Balme reveals why adolescence is the second great brain-growth window — and why kids today desperately need more real-world challenges, not more protection.

A powerful, hopeful conversation about autonomy, resilience, and helping young people feel big, brave, and capable again.

KEY POINTS

  • Why ages 11–16 are a critical “second toddlerhood” of brain growth
  • How autonomy builds confidence (and why modern kids get too little)
  • The danger of overprotection and structured everything
  • What a good challenge looks like vs. a stress-inducing one
  • How to help risk-averse teens stretch themselves — without forcing
  • Why peers, not parents, are the secret to motivation
  • Real examples of challenges that transformed kids

QUOTE OF THE EPISODE

“When we don’t trust our adolescents, they stop trusting us.” — Chris Balme

RESOURCES MENTIONED

ACTION STEPS FOR PARENTS

  1. Fuel autonomy: Let your tween choose a meaningful challenge this week.
  2. Enlist peers: Hook them in through a friend, not parental pressure.
  3. Normalise failure: Remind them adolescence is the best time to mess up safely.
  4. Reduce overprotection: Give back small freedoms — walking, biking, exploring.
  5. Model vulnerability: Share your own unfinished, imperfect self.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1438 episodes

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Content provided by Dr Justin Coulson. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dr Justin Coulson or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

If your tween or teen feels stuck, scared of failure, or glued to their screen, this episode will change everything. Education innovator Chris Balme reveals why adolescence is the second great brain-growth window — and why kids today desperately need more real-world challenges, not more protection.

A powerful, hopeful conversation about autonomy, resilience, and helping young people feel big, brave, and capable again.

KEY POINTS

  • Why ages 11–16 are a critical “second toddlerhood” of brain growth
  • How autonomy builds confidence (and why modern kids get too little)
  • The danger of overprotection and structured everything
  • What a good challenge looks like vs. a stress-inducing one
  • How to help risk-averse teens stretch themselves — without forcing
  • Why peers, not parents, are the secret to motivation
  • Real examples of challenges that transformed kids

QUOTE OF THE EPISODE

“When we don’t trust our adolescents, they stop trusting us.” — Chris Balme

RESOURCES MENTIONED

ACTION STEPS FOR PARENTS

  1. Fuel autonomy: Let your tween choose a meaningful challenge this week.
  2. Enlist peers: Hook them in through a friend, not parental pressure.
  3. Normalise failure: Remind them adolescence is the best time to mess up safely.
  4. Reduce overprotection: Give back small freedoms — walking, biking, exploring.
  5. Model vulnerability: Share your own unfinished, imperfect self.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  continue reading

1438 episodes

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