Melissa Chan-Green

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1,676 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 30 Aug

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School Shorts · Listen to this and the Teen Brain Will All Make Sense! with Kathryn Berkett · 26 Apr 2026 podcast

Yeah.

How does a parent stay calm when managing this behaviour?

So...

You know, you can know, I guess, even if you know all of this and you go, I know that they're going through an upgrade, but in this moment when they've just called me some names and they want me to go away and they'd rather be with their friends and they're not cooperating in the way that's helpful for the family, how do you stay calm?

Yeah.

Yeah, it's kind of, everybody knows that it's best to stay calm.

But yeah, I guess it's just the practising it and seeing that actually it does de-escalate the situation so much quicker than getting angry.

And so just...

trying to remember that in the heat of the moment, I guess.

Yeah.

What does this all mean for executive function?

So these are...

Well, I mean, there's so many things that come under executive function, aren't there?

But it's loosely how you keep organized, organize your time, do all of those kinds of organizational tasks.

What does the adolescent period mean for that?

So there's an energy factor in those years.

Is this why sometimes people talk about actually later starts to school or that teens kind of don't really function their best in the mornings all of a sudden?

Harder to get them out of bed and all of that.

Is it it's an energy change or an energy needs change?

All of a sudden the brain kicks into gear.

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