As your child approaches their teenage years, they’ll want more independence, their emotions will run higher and you might see more disagreements in your household. By Simone Hain This is normal. Adolescence…
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If you’ve ever found yourself cutting the crusts off a sandwich for a child who can now beat you at Wordle, welcome. You’re in the thick of the tween years, that curious…
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…
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.…
Many parents will be familiar with this situation: your child has a good or even best friend, but you don’t like them. By Rachael Murrihy, University of Technology Sydney Perhaps the friend…
Clinical psychologist Dr Jari Evertsz knows that parenting teens can feel like navigating a silent, stormy sea. In this expert piece, drawn from her book The Well-Behaved Teenager (and Other Myths), Jari…