My eldest is turning 20 in a matter of months. Cue all the usual thoughts and times them by, well, 20! How on earth did that happen? It’s gone so fast We made it out of the teens As any parent of older teens knows, it didn’t really go fast and you never really make …
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Parenting teens can feel so daunting. With high rates of youth mental health diagnoses and persistent messages about adolescents’ desire for independence, we are searching for ways to support our kids and stay connected to our teenagers. Family connectedness – the sense of belonging and closeness that can be present in families of all shapes …
The teenage years can be among the trickiest times for a parent. You have been used to being your child’s voice of reason. Then, all of a sudden, your authority is challenged by their peers, social media and huge developmental changes. But the good news is children aged ten to 12 are still more influenced …
It can be hard to accept as an adult parenting teens that perhaps you are part of the problem. The ‘problem’ being the repetitive arguments that start with a niggle (bedroom a bombsite, clean laundry chucked into the bottom of the wardrobe), and escalate to a full-blown blue. The kind that leaves you reeling, feeling …
The program Parental Guidance has been showing on Channel 9 recently. This is the second season of the show that pits 12 sets of parents with very different parenting styles against each other to work out which is “best”. This year, for example, there is a couple who use “American-style” parenting, pushing their young daughter …
A parenting switch might be just the thing you need in your life right now. Every parent knows the sinking feeling of defeat when you suddenly realise that whatever it is you’re doing to try to guide your child just isn’t working. Just. not. working. It’s that feeling of beating your head against a brick …