teenagers
8 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Aug 21, 2018 by Tyler Cowen · across every show →
Everything said about teenagers, oldest first
Aug 21, 2018 positive
Cowen: Expose teenagers to quality adult friends as external role models
“Expose your child in teen years to as many of your friends who might be possible role models as possible. Like at some margin, they're just not going to listen to you anymore. They're not going to watch your behavior anymore. They know what you're about. They'…”
Oct 30, 2018 negative
Coloroso: Parents must mentor teenagers instead of being their friends
“You are their parent till they reach puberty, and then you become their mentor, their model, their guide. I really dislike it when people say, my teenager is my best friend. I say, get a life. You know, they need a mentor. They don't need a friend right now. N…”
Nov 2, 2021 positive
Irvine: Teenage years are prime time to develop Stoic coping strategies
“Your teen years are just a prime time for you to develop stoicism, because that's when you really have to deal with your fellow human beings up close. You can't get away with them. You're stuck with them. You encounter them every day, and then you can have sto…”
May 3, 2022 bearish
Sinclair: Modern Youth Are Biologically Aging Faster Than Previous Generations
“And I would not be surprised if the teenagers are by the time they hit their twenties on average are older biologically than they were 2030 years ago. When I grew up because we are, we were moving. We were generally not so overweight. We were not eating as muc…”
May 30, 2023
Dr. Poe: An extra hour of sleep makes teenagers less anxious and depressed
“Teenagers who are able to get an extra hour of sleep every night are usually able to better cope with the world around them, including their parents. So they're less emotionally labile, they're happier, less depressed, less anxious. Better able to cope with th…”
Nov 7, 2023
Cowen: Parents should expose teenagers to high-quality adult role models
“Expose your child in teen years to as many of your friends who might be possible role models as possible. Like at some margin, they're just not going to listen to you anymore. They're not going to watch your behavior anymore. They know what you're about. They'…”
Feb 6, 2024
Kennedy: Teens Form Identity by Overshooting Separation and Rejecting Rules
“The way you start to form your identity when you're a teen is actually through a lot of separation from your parents. That's actually, though, your job. Your job is actually to start to separate from them, and a lot of teens, most teens, they overshoot, just l…”
Feb 6, 2024
Kennedy: Collaborative Respect Is the Only Productive Path With Teens
“Approaching a teen in that, like, hey, I respect you. Like, here's the situation. Let's think through it together. That's the only way you're going to get to a productive solution anyway, because teenagers inherently, they don't care about their towel on the f…”