17 projects for older kids that will help them find their passion
The best projects for older kids are all about something they can get into that builds each day. It might be a fitness challenge, learning a language, practising an instrument …
Early teen
How to put a stop to the endless $%#*@ teen back talk
Sometime around the age of 11 – or possibly younger, if you are particularly unlucky – the back talk begins. Suddenly, your kid morphs from a reasonably compliant child into …
10 ways to build resilience to help kids cope with life
There’s a resilience crisis brewing and our kids are in the thick of it. Change is an expected part of modern life and the ability to cope with it an …
Why teens are becoming more anxious and less resilient (and what we can do about it)
We are facing a mental health crisis. Young adults and teens are becoming more anxious, depressed, suicidal and lonely than ever before. Depression rates among teens have been increasing since the …
Why is Year 9 the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year?
A few years ago when, not coincidentally, my oldest was in Year 9, I made a meme for the Mumlyfe Facebook page: It’s our most shared, most commented on, most …
Pretty-please spare me from ungrateful teens, with sugar on top
Nothing frustrates me more as a mother than my ungrateful teens. Nothing. I can take the backchat (mostly). I can weather the get-off-your-screen storm (generally). I can even hold fort …