🎙️ Episode Title: Back to School – Ages & Stages (Teen Edition) with Beth Forbes

📌 Episode Summary:

Welcome back to MomsWork! In this episode, host Kristin Weinrich chats with Beth Forbes—mom of two teens and Managing Director at a financial services firm. If you caught our last episode on the ages and stages of younger kids, this conversation is the perfect follow-up—this time, we’re diving into the teenage and young adult years.

Beth shares what it’s like parenting a high school freshman and a college-bound senior, how parenting has shaped her career, and the joys and challenges of raising older kids in today’s world. From navigating screen time to managing emotional transitions, this honest and relatable conversation offers wisdom, laughs, and encouragement for moms with big kids.

👩‍👧‍👦 In This Episode:

• Meet Beth Forbes: her family, her work, and how she went from cookie trays to corporate leadership
• The best parenting advice she’s ever received
• How becoming a parent has changed the way she works and leads
• What it’s like having kids in two very different high school phases
• Balancing emotional needs during times of big change
• Sibling dynamics, screen time battles, and letting go as college approaches
• Favorite and least favorite parts of the teenage years
• A rapid-fire “Hot Seat” Q&A with Beth!

🏆 Win & Challenge of the Week:

Beth and Kristin each share one recent parenting or life win, and one challenge—because motherhood is always a mix of both!

🔥 Hot Topics:

• Parenting with empathy at home and at work
• Giving teens independence while staying emotionally connected
• Learning from our kids as they grow
• Prepping your heart (and home) for the college transition

💬 Listener Question:

What’s the biggest challenge you’ve faced as your kids have grown older? Let us know on Instagram @momsworkpodcast!

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