17-year-old parenting montana tools by Center for Health and Safety Culture
Last Updated: March 9, 2026
As your seventeen-year-old matures, they will need to test their limits and the rules in order to internalize them. This can lead to power struggles, especially since at times seventeen-year-olds feel like adults. Parenting a teen is not an easy journey. There are small things parents and those in a parenting role can do today to foster a strong relationship with their teen while supporting them to manage their own behavior, solve problems, and make healthy choices. ParentingMontana.org gives parents and those in a parenting role the opportunity to grow their skills using a process and tools to engage their teens in important conversations. This podcast gives you access to resources from the website that will allow you to support your teen in developing the social and emotional skills crucial for their success. Honest communication with your teen utilizing the process available in this podcast will build the relationship necessary for enjoying the teen years and beyond. Raising a tee
Empathy for Your 17-Year-Old
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Prescription Pain Medication
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You may have heard of the nation’s opioid crisis or wondered whether a medication prescribed to your child was safe. Or perhaps you’re concerned about your child getting prescription medications from somewhere else. This podcast explains what misusing prescription pain medication is, explores the potential risks associated with misuse, and reviews how to reduce the likelihood that your child will misuse prescription pain medication. As a parent or someone in a parenting role, your awareness is key and there are practical things you can do that will make a difference.
Establishing Rules About Marijuana for Your 17-Year-Old
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Your teen’s (age 17) future plans and dreams of success are more likely because you are a parent in Montana establishing rules about marijuana.
Mixed Messages About Marijuana for Your 17-Year-Old
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Parents in Montana can still grow skills in their 17-year-olds to identify and make responsible decisions around mixed messages about marijuana.
Talking About Differences for Your 17-Year-Old
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Parents in Montana should be talking about differences with their 17-year-old if they hear them use a derogatory term about someone who is different.
Responsibility for Your 17-Year-Old
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Montana parents can be purposeful and deliberate in the ways they teach their teens (age 17) to take responsibility.
Disrespect for Your 17-Year-Old
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Sometimes feelings of anger or powerlessness cause a 17-year-old to act out in disrespect, but their parents in Montana can model appropriate responses.
Repairing Harm for your 17-Year-Old
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Parents in Montana strengthen their relationship with their teen (age 17) when they seize teachable moments to instill the skill of repairing harm.
Stress and Anxiety for Your 17-Year-Old
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Upcoming graduation and future plans may bring stress and anxiety to your 17-year-old. Montana parents can help alleviate some of their worries.
Stress for Your 17-Year-Old
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Montana parents can help their 17-year-old learn to manage stress and other emotions in healthy ways with a five-step process.
Routines for Your 17-Year-Old
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Montana parents can help their teens, age 17, establish regular routines to help them be successful and help your family move through the day smoothly.
Reading for Your 17-Year-Old
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Montana parents can encourage their 17-year-old teens to create a daily reading habit and develop strong reading skills.
Peer Pressure for Your 17-Year-Old
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Dealing with peer pressure is a normal part of a 17-year-old's development; discover tools Montana parents can use to help teens navigate peer pressure.
Mixed Messages About Alcohol for Your 17-Year-Old
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Guidance for Montana parents about how to navigate mixed messages about alcohol and promote healthy choices for 17-year-old teens.
Lying for Your 17-Year-Old
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A key to parenting is to teach your Montana teen (age 17) about family values and the importance of telling the truth and not lying.
Listening for Your 17-Year-Old
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Listening skills help teens (age 17) cultivate important skills like impulse control, and Montana parents can create conditions for listening.
Homework for Your 17-Year-Old
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Montana parents play a key role in helping their 17-year-olds create good homework habits with less frustration due to better organization and resources.
Guidance and Discipline for Skill Building for Your 17-Year-Old
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Remind yourself as the parent that the goal of guidance and discipline is to have your 17-year-old Montana teen learn something.
Friends for Your 17-Year-Old
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Reassure your 17-year-old Montana teen, with your parenting approach, that it's normal for every person to want to grow friendships and friends.
Establishing Rules About Alcohol for Your 17-Year-Old
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A parenting challenge for Montana families is establishing rules about alcohol for your 17-year-old teen; learn steps to prepare you.
Conflict for Your 17-Year-Old
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Teaching skills to manage conflict to your 17-year-old Montana teen can create a sense of wellbeing for a parent and teen.
Confidence for Your 17-Year-Old
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As a parent, you play an essential role in building your 17-year-old Montana teen's confidence; learn conversation starters to prepare you.
Chores for Your 17-Year-Old
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A parent assigning chores can help teach work ethic that is essential in helping your 17-year-old Montana teen persist toward life goals.
Bullying for Your 17-Year-Old
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Engage your 17-year-old Montana teen in conversations about bullying and cyberbullying behavior by asking open-ended questions as a parenting tip.
Back Talk for Your 17-Year-Old
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Learn how to use "I-messages" in your parenting approach when dealing with "back talk" from your 17-year-old Montana teen.
Anger for Your 17-Year-Old
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Practicing deep breathing with your 17-year-old can help with emotions of anger and is a great parenting tool for Montana families.
