There are plenty of benefits of work for teens. Your kid has reached the minimum age for working (which is lower than you might think – check here), and they desperately want…
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Our working teens: Minimum working age in Australia by state
If your teen is ready for a job (or if, perhaps, you are ready for your teen to be ready for a job), there are quite a few factors to consider. The…
A quick guide to connecting with teens and tweens
It’s like kids put on roller skates the minute they turn seven. One minute they’re calling us Mummy and telling us long-winded stories while we snuggle; next we blink and they’re calling…
7 strategies to juggle work and teens in the school holidays
How do we juggle work and teens in the school holidays? We do it year after year and somehow it works, but every time it’s daunting, isn’t it? I’m not talking about…
Teen boys and hygiene: Save us from the stink!
I think teen boys and hygiene can go one of two ways: obsessive use of deodorant and bathroom monopolisation. Or utter filth. There is no in-between. I’m not going to tell you…
What it’s like when your daughter gets her first period
I’ve spent the last year or so in trepidation, wondering what it’s like when your daughter gets her first period. Well, suddenly now I know. Yup, it happened here on the weekend.…