Education, Saftey, Whatever
What a bittersweet time of year it is for senior high school students, their parents and their educators. As a teacher, I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year, oddly enough. While it’s always exciting to unleash another cohort of adolescents onto...
Education, Health and Wellbeing, Technology, Whatever
Your teen’s self esteem can be shaped by many factors, often these are beyond your control. Girls, in particular, are frequently measuring themselves up against one another as well as what society’s version of attractive is seen to be via social media,...
Parenting Perspective, Whatever
Last night, I was listening to something or other on Youtube by an interesting youth worker based in the USA. If you’ve time for googling today, her name is Sky Kooyman and she mentors youth through the performing arts. She’s young, hip and looks to not...
Behaviour & Development, Family, Whatever
I’m pretty sure that most parents can tolerate their kid being a smart arse some of the time. It’s probably not unreasonable to make occasional allowances for over-tiredness, hormones and adolescent stress BUT some kids seem to push those buttons more than...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
People watching is a fun time-passing activity that I liked to engage in. It’s right up there as one of my favourite hobbies (standing proudly alongside Bingo, sleeping and app-hunting) and because I’m always open to learning about human behaviour through...
Education, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
I know every Mum laments the all-too quick passing of years, but seriously, last week in one sudden swoop my first born turned 16 and became a learner driver. These two milestones combined to prove a slap of reality for this Mum who, despite being cough …. shhhh...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Technology, Whatever
There’s a whole new generation of kids growing up with their very own lingo and it’s called Text Speak. If you’re not acquainted with it, you could surely be forgiven for wondering what foreign speaking planet you were on. I work with teens, have two...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
Teenagers are impulsive creatures by nature and often don’t invest enough time in considering a situation and weighing up the available range of options before making their decision to act. Being a teen can be hard, so can being the parent of one. Sometimes your...
Family, Parenting Perspective
Does this sight look in anyway familiar? Does it make you want to swear and throw a bloody big tantrum? Or maybe it inspires a desire to have the world’s biggest rant and rave, lecturing said room owner until your face is blue and your words have entered one of...
