Ena Baxter Presents
Raising Ready Teens
What Happens to Your Teen When You're Not in the Room?
Understand this: you can't be there for every moment that matters. But you can make sure your teen has already had the conversations that prepare them for it.
FREE Starter Checklist: 5 Conversations to Have With Your Teen Before They Need Them
Five practical conversations to have now, before peer pressure, changing plans, unsafe situations, or hard choices make the decision harder.
No lectures. No perfect-parent expectations. Just practical conversations that help your teen think, act, and ask for help.
What You'll Get
Inside, you'll learn how to talk with your teen about:
When plans suddenly change. What to do when the night isn't what they were told it would be
Saying no when friends are pressuring them. The words to use, so they don't have to invent them in the moment
When the ride home becomes unsafe. A real plan, with a real name attached
Trusting the feeling that something is wrong. Permission to leave without explaining
Asking for help when they, or a friend, are in trouble. Why calling an adult is never a betrayal.
Every conversation comes with one simple question to get you started and space to build your own family plan. You can have the first one tonight.
Join the growing community
You don't have to figure this out alone. Parents here are having these same conversations with their own teens, and sharing what works and what they wish they'd started sooner.
Download the checklist, have your first conversation, and come tell us how it went.
Why These Conversations Matter?
You've probably said, "Be careful." "Make good choices." "Call me if you need me."
Those reminders matter. But your teen needs more than the reminder. They need to think through the situation before they're standing in it.
That's what these five conversations do.
And you don’t need to be an expert to get started - you need one honest conversation, and this checklist help you start it.
Five Conversations. Five More Waiting.
These five are where I'd start if I could only give a parent one thing. They're also only half of what I believe a teen needs before they leave home.
The other five go further, into identity, money, relationships, discipline, and the inner compass that holds everything else together. Those live inside the full Raising Ready Teens course: ten guided conversations, with the tools to actually have them.
Start with this checklist. See how it feels to have one of these conversations with your teen. Then decide if you're ready for the rest.
After more than 30 years working with teenagers, I’ve seen firsthand what helps teens become more confident, resilient, and prepared—and what often leaves them vulnerable and unprepared.
This checklist was created to help parents focus on the conversations that matter most before life teaches those lessons the hard way.
