We love it when our kids want to hang out and be social. We don’t love it when they have to spend ridiculous amounts of money to have fun with friends. Every…
Tag: teen
Right now it’s the #1 question we’re getting asked via messages to our Facebook page and Facebook group: what are the best gifts for teens for Christmas? We’ve had aunties, family friends,…
It’s true, we don’t track our kids. There’s no GPS attached to their phones. We don’t use apps that pinpoint their location or limit their phone use or block certain sites. There…
I had a 15-year-old write to me and ask about figuring out ‘what to do with my life’. She writes: ‘As a high school student I’m constantly being reminded to figure out…
A storyline on UK TV soap Hollyoaks in late 2017 was praised as a “masterpiece of television” after focusing on the issue of self harm in young people. Article by Chris Nicholson,…
Yesterday a young friend alerted me to a teen ‘support’ group that she belongs to. The group is mostly Aussie girls – a few boys, some kids from other countries, but mostly…