How to Support Your Teen Through Their First Heartbreak with Charity Chaffee

Описание: Watching your teen experience their first heartbreak can feel absolutely gut-wrenching as a parent. You want to fix it. You want to make the pain disappear. And at the same time, you may be flooded with memories of your own teenage breakup experiences that still live in your nervous system. In this episode, we talk about how to show up in a way that actually supports healing instead of creating more distance.


I’m joined by teen mental health specialist Charity Chaffee to talk honestly about why a first heartbreak hits teens so hard, why a teenage breakup can feel world-ending, and how parents can support teen mental health without minimizing feelings or becoming overinvolved. This conversation is all about learning how to stay connected through pain, using validating emotions as the foundation for trust and emotional safety.


In this episode, we cover


• Why a first heartbreak is developmentally intense and why teens experience a teenage breakup differently than adults


• How to support teen mental health without rushing the healing process or trying to fix the pain


• The difference between dismissing feelings and validating emotions in a way that builds long-term resilience


• Common parenting reactions that unintentionally make a teenage breakup harder to process


• How validating emotions helps teens feel safe opening up instead of shutting down


• What parents can model to support teen mental health after a first heartbreak


If your teen is struggling after a teenage breakup, this episode will help you understand what they actually need from you and how validating emotions can strengthen your relationship during one of the most vulnerable moments of adolescence. Supporting teen mental health through a first heartbreak is not about fixing the pain. It is about staying present, steady, and emotionally available when it matters most.


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