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Raising Teens!! Connection over Correction with Daniel Ahearn

Sep 24, 2026 · 50m

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This week on The Mother Daze, we’re joined by a repeat guest, our friend, Daniel Ahearn! Dan is the author of The Way Back Home, a father of two and an attachment-focused family therapist. Daniel’s work is all about helping parents and teens stay connected through the beautiful, messy and sometimes completely bewildering years of adolescence. And you better believe we came armed with ALL our burning questions about raising teenagers!!! At the heart of Daniel’s book is an attachment-based approach to parenting and one beautifully simple idea we LOVE: connection over correction. Sounds dreamy yasss… but HOW do we actually do that in the thick of teen life?! We talk repairing after conflict,…