67. How to Not Strangle Your Kids During the Holidays: Communicating Expectations

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Christmas is around the corner and brings along a certain level of stress and anxiety in parents and teens alike. We want the holidays to be fun and merry and have a lot of expectations about what it will or should be like. But when not everything turns out the way we expected, it’s those expectations that bring frustration and disappointment.

Join Seth and me today in our conversation about expectations for the holidays. What do we think might happen? What desires do we have? What expectations do our teens have? And how can we all communicate our expectations so we can enjoy a merry Christmas together? Let’s have a look!

In this episode on communicating expectations during the holidays, we discuss:

• Recognizing our own expectations for the holidays;
• Our teens have their own set of expectations;
• How to communicate in your family to help the situation;
• Boundaries during the holidays;
• Teens have a given and a chosen family. They might want to spend time with both during the holidays;
• And more!

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