Every parent needs to know this ⬇️
A client told me something recently that really stuck with me.
Her son is highly sensitive, and he decided to try basketball, not even his main sport, just something new he wanted to test out. Every time he went out on the court, he’d look up at her in the stands. She was worried about it. She told me, “I don’t want him looking at me for validation. I want him to just go do his thing.”
💫 I offered her a different way to see it. What if he’s not looking for validation? What if he’s co-regulating. He’s a highly sensitive kid walking into something new and out of his comfort zone. That look up isn’t “am I good enough,” it’s “there’s my mom, I’m okay, this is going to be fine.” Once he gets that, he can actually go perform at his best.
She said, “Wow. That’s kind of amazing.”
🎉 It changed how she saw her son. Before we worked together, she told me her biggest struggle was figuring out how to support her highly sensitive son and how to keep herself from blowing up in his big emotional moments. Learning to decipher what’s just teen behavior and what’s his high sensitivity made all the difference.
This is so much of what we work on together. Not fixing your kid. Learning to actually read them right. ♥️
✨If you’ve got a kid you love but sometimes can’t quite figure out, comment READY and let’s talk about it.✨
Becky Funk Coaching
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I help moms get so connected to their teens that their kids actually want to talk to them.
07/30/2026
When you feel anxious or stressed, you want to talk it out NOW. But your teen, not so much ⬇️
Your teen does the exact opposite. He distracts himself. Zones out. Completely quiet.
It’s easy to misinterpret his sudden silence as defiance, disrespect, or pure laziness.
My client Stephanie discovered a blind spot during her parent insight session. Her son wasn’t ignoring her. Their personalities handle stress from completely opposite angles. Pushing for him to talk forced him deeper into his silence.
Once you know what your teen’s coping strategies are, the power struggles evaporate. You gain answers to the heavy “whys” behind the friction at home.
✨ Comment BLUEPRINT below and I’ll send you the details for my Understand Your Teen session so we can map out exactly where your personalities clash and connect. ✨
07/23/2026
Your stubborn teen is actually just wired a certain way ⬇️
When your teen shuts down or pushes back, it’s easy to assume they’re doing it to give you a hard time.
My client felt stuck in that exact cycle. She came to me looking for answers to the constant battles in her home, unsure if the problem was teenage behavior or something more.
Inside my Understand Your Teen session, she discovered her daughter was actually operating out of her specific personality’s defense mechanism.
Once you determine the true source of the behavior, the frustration fades away. When you know the cause, you're able to address it better.
You stop trying to fix their behavior and start speaking their language.
Your child isn’t broken. Just uniquely wired.
✨Comment PROFILE below and I’ll send you the details to book an Understand Your Teen session, so you can get the answers you’ve been searching for. ✨
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