How do you “validate your teenager”? This is a skill that improves over time. It is being able to tell them you appreciate how they are feeling about something whether you agree or disagree. For example: saying, “that must be really hard to have your friend push you away the way they are doing” instead of saying, “you should be glad that person does not want to be friends with you anyway, they were nothing but trouble”. In the first example, you are telling your teenager that you are hearing what they are saying and that you understand which goes a long, long way with teens!
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