Preparing Teens for Healthy Intimate Relationships

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

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. The ability to self-author is important in being able to create solid, close relationships. And because it matters for our happiness, it is especially important for parents to foster this ability in their teenagers. In this NEW episode, Dr. Finlayson-Fife joins Christi Davis [host of the “Liking the People You Love” podcast] to explore how parents can support teens through their turbulent transition into adulthood. They discuss how parents can create thoughtful, value-based guidelines around sexuality—particularly on topics like modesty and masturbation—that prioritize the child’s well-being. And how parents can foster their teen’s ability to make self-directed decisions driven by their highest values rather than fear, shame, or conformity.

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0:00.0	We're afraid to give our kids the self-defining power, but the thing is, they already have it.
0:05.2	And so the more that we can help them be conscious about that, helping them to think in terms of
0:10.4	what do I actually value and how do I support myself in living up to my higher self?
0:17.5	Because those are the people with the most self-confidence and the most willingness to
0:21.4	really really let someone know them.
0:30.0	Welcome to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer, a collection of interviews on the topics of
0:35.3	relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and more,
0:39.1	all featuring Dr. Finlayson Fife.
0:45.8	Hey, everyone. This Friday will be launching our Black Friday sale, which is our biggest sale
0:51.0	of the year. From Friday until Monday, you can save 20% on all of the online courses,
0:57.3	plus additional discounts if you buy more than one.
1:00.7	And on top of that, we are sending you a free workbook with every course that you buy.
1:05.1	For many, they like to wrap this and put it under the tree if it's a gift.
1:09.4	In any case, this is our biggest sale, and I hope you'll
1:11.8	take advantage of it. Dr. Finlayson-Fife, thank you so much for joining me today. Yeah,
1:20.3	thanks for having me. It's fun to have you here. I feel like you're very famous in my world,
1:25.2	so a little bit starstruck here. So I know it's,
1:30.4	it's probably an oversimplification of a question. I don't know how you'll answer it briefly,
1:34.2	but what would you say, what have you found is the thing or the most important things that
1:39.8	predict a healthy, intimate relationship in a marriage.
1:45.6	Oh, that's a good question.
1:53.6	Well, what I would say is it is two people that are committed to commitment.
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