# 297\\ Raising Teenage Daughters While Caring For Aging Parents with Dr. Alison Alford

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Podcast: [RAISING HER CONFIDENTLY | Connecting with Teens,  Parenting Styles,  Family Communication, Raising Teen Daughters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/raising-her-confidently-connecting-with-teens-parenting-styles-family-communication-raising-teen-daughters-5943139)
Published: 2026-02-16T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Are you in the sandwich season of raising a teen and caring for your aging parents? Do you feel like there is so much going on that you hardly have any time for yourself?Today I have Dr Alison Alford on as we discuss this unique season of being a parent to growing children and meeting the needs for our elderly parents. Allison Alford is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies with a concentration in Interpersonal Communication from The University of Texas at Austin. Alford has 17 years’ experience teaching university courses and her specialties are value propositions, conflict resolution techniques, teamwork, meeting facilitation and people-skills for leaders. Alford is active in the Association for Business Communication and National Communication Association. Alford owns and operates the coaching and consulting firm, Good Talk Communication Consulting. As a communication coach, Alford has worked with professionals and MBA students in the fields of engineering, tech, publishing, human resources, sales, finance and more. She believes anyone can improve their communication skills with effort and energy.You can find Dr Alison Alford here. Are you looking for ways to communicate with your girl so she can start opening up to you? Do you want to understand why is it so hard to approach your girl? Are you stuck on how to approach your teenage daughter in conversation without her freaking out? SIGN UP FOR TALK TO YOUR TEEN GIRL FRAMEWORK!! A 6-WEEK JOURNEY TO SHIFT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE SO SHE CAN COME TO YOU! You'll walk away with a deeper understanding the changes happening to your girl, Equipped in your new role as COACH in this teen stage, and establish better communication path…

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