Smells Like Teen Parent
This podcast is for adolescents and the adults who annoy them. You want to have a good relationship with your teen and you also have to get them ready for the real world. Jenny Debevec, a nationally certified counselor and consultant with 20 years working with teens, helps you maintain your sense of humor, offering motivation, advice, and support as we walk this sometimes smelly road. You will hear fun discussions and let’s get real interviews with parents, kids, and experts about topics like college applications, sex and gender identity, social media, relationships, learning disabilities, parent self-care, puberty, and more! If you need a laugh, a little advice or just want to know you’re not alone, listen in.
Episodes
20 episodes
Embracing Neurodiversity: Jonathan Cormur's Journey Through Theater and Advocacy
What if embracing your unique identity could lead to a rewarding career in the performing arts? Join Jenny Debevec as she talks with Jonathan Cormur, an accomplished actor and passionate advocate for neurodiversity, who opens up about his journ...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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26:41
Ep 17: Student Spotlight: Transforming Health Education for Young Women
Ever wondered why so many young women are misinformed about their own bodies? On this episode of "Smells Like Teen Parent," high school students Alexis Hom and Emma Slocum tackle the glaring gaps in women's health education with their junior ca...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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18:13
Ep 16: Trust, Truth, and Lies: How to Build More Honest Relationships Between Teens and Adults
Discover the delicate dance of trust that defines the ever-evolving parent-teen relationship with thoughtful insights from Jenny Debevec, adult guest expert Dr. Eric Solomon and teens themselves. Together, we peel back the layers of truth, lies...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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24:22
Ep 15: Guiding Teens to Careers from Dreams
Join me, Jenny Debevec, on this journey through the transformative world of career counseling. Let's explore how early conversations about ambitions can shape the lives of adolescents and teens. Imagine a child's playful dream of designin...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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15:45
Ep 14: Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth: Transforming Love Into Action
Have you ever wondered how to navigate the emotional labyrinth of supporting a LGBTQ+ child? Do you wish you had a guide, someone who's been through it, to offer invaluable insights? This episode, packed with candid conversations, student insig...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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31:28
Ep 13: Bonus Feature: How Improvisation Can Make You a Better Parent! With Michael O'Brien
In this quick and dirty episode we bring you advise from the street corner with improv guru and public radio talk show host Michael O’Brien, who shares the life lessons and parenting rules you can learn from improvisation:...
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6:10
Ep 12: Humor: Are You Funny Enough to Parent a Teen?
In this episode, we're diving into the science behind the value of humor in parenting! What kinds of humor do kids prefer and how does that influence their behavior? How does does having a sense of humor help you raise an adolescent? What ki...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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26:33
Ep 11: How does Anxiety Affect Teens and how can Mindfulness Help?
In this episode we discuss anxiety. Anxiety is the number one concern students and parents present in counseling referrals. Why are rates of anxiety and depression skyrocketing? What are the triggers for adolescent anxiety and what are effec...
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16:48
Episode 10 Effective Discipline for Adolescents
In this episode we discuss how to create effective adolescent discipline (rather than mere punishment, which doesn't even work for rats). You will hear from students, parents of teens who survived those years, and our exper...
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20:34
Ep 9: ADHD Part 2: What do psychiatrists recommend?
What are the different kinds of ADHD? Who should be on medication? Can kids overdose? What are the side effects? In the last episode we talked about what ADHD and ADD is, what helps teen focus and answered questions from parents of tee...
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22:41
Ep 8 Part 1: Is Adolescent ADHD Different?
In the next two episodes we are going to talk about how teen ADHD differ from earlier childhood ADHD? Does playing video games give your kids ADHD? Can they get ADHD from those wild and chatty friends? What distinct challenges might adolesce...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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18:20
Bonus! Parent Tools for Productive Discussions about Social Media
So how DO we talk to teens in an effective way? Bringing you parents and caregivers a set of micro-skills to foster honest productive dialogues about loaded topics. These Microskills include: Atten...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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9:47
Ep 7: Smells Like Social Media
In this episode, school counselor and academic consultant Jenny Debevec is going to pry open the vault of what is happening during screen time-- is social media connecting youth or spawning addiction? Is Instagram to blame for your adolescen...
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18:17
Episode 6: SEX and Empowered Puberty
In this fun and uplifting episode we take a look at one of the biggest land mines and causes of tongue tied-ness of raising our generation in bloom: sex and puberty . What are the most pressing concerns of teens and th...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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19:23
Ep 5: Spotlight on Huckleberry Youth Programs: Interview with Executive Director Doug Styles
Bringing you a special interim episode spotlighting one of the organizations Smells Like Teen Parent supports with every download our listeners make. For each download from episode four, creator Jenny Debevec will donate a dollar to this organi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:48
Ep 4: Teen Friendships: The Good, the Bad, and the Awkward!
In this podcast episode we take a look at Adolescent Relationships: The Good, the Bad, and the Awkward. What makes adolescent friendships so important? How can we help them get through conflicts and heartbreak? What are ways to support teens...
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15:01
Ep 3: What Makes a Successful Adolescent?
In this episode we focus on what makes a successful adolescent? We look at research about what helps and hinders success, hear from students themselves, offer advice to other parents, and learn how adults can make a difference!&n...
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16:48
Ep 2: What is Really Going on during College Application Season
In this episode host Jenny Debevec gets real about college applications! What it means to apply to college, what makes it hard, and what helps organize and destress your college app process. She speaks with experts and students, offeri...
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15:35
Ep 1: Back to School! (No Really) We're Going Back to School.
This fun and thoughtful podcast included reflections on the changes this past year has brought, recommendations on how to help families with adolescents make a successful return to the classroom and features an interview (and advice f...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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15:47