If your tween is struggling socially, they are very much not alone. The tween years can be a surprisingly wobbly time for friendships. One minute your child is happily organising sleepovers and…
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If you’re concerned about how to help a lonely teen or tween, you’re not alone (irony not intended there!). At some point or another, I reckon every single one of us has…
Being a parent can be hard work. It throws conundrums our way that we never knew existed, often at the very time when we don’t have the energy/time/financial resources to deal with…
In just over a month Australia’s social media ban will begin. Catherine Page Jeffery, Lecturer in Media and Communications at University of Sydney, has some advice on helping your kids through the…
There’s a moment that sneaks up on every parent of more than one kid. One minute your children are playing together, giggling over dumb inside jokes and (let’s be honest) making you…
If you’ve ever tried to get a 13-year-old off the Xbox before midnight, you’ll know that setting boundaries and teens can be like trying to wrestle an octopus into a string bag.…