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The teenage years are tough for everyone involved.

A young boy sat on a sofa using a tablet while wearing headphones

But research has suggested that an approach known as ‘reflective parenting’ can be the key to reconnecting.

Children in nursery singing nursery rhymes

Newborn baby wrapped in a wool blanket wearing a woolen hat

Parent high fiving child

Burger King sign

Mother talking to teenage daughter about sex

Teenage girl holding her phone

Two children studying together on sofa

A woman and toddler holding hands while walking through a field

A mother and son baking cookies together

A woman carrying a crying toddler

A mother helping her son with homework while sat at a table

A mum comforting her teenage daughter while sat on a sofa

A mum high fiving a young boy while sat next to a pile of washing

A young girl posing with a football under his arm