A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Help & Advice
As you held your tiny, lovely baby daughter in those newborn days, you were probably focused on her peacefulness (when she was sleeping!) and innocence…. not necessarily how she’s going to be during her teenage years. Right? Awww…. yes, the memories! Those...
Behaviour & Development, Better Communication, Parenting Perspective
It’s a bit of a generalisation to say that people seem to have less tolerance and patience today…. but hey, it does seem bang on, don’t you think? So… when you’re short on time and patience… AND needing to deal with a teenager whose sole purpose may be to stir your...
A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Education
The phone rings, and caller ID is showing you the school’s number. You know this could be about one of a few things…. ….. praise about how well your teen has done on a recent assignment, or ….. a quick, come and get them as they’re in sickbay request, or...
Behaviour & Development, Cyberstuff, Education, Help & Advice, Saftey
I want to continue the conversation about bullying…. not that we should ever shut up about it. There can never be enough open and honest discussion, don’t you think? Recently, the nation’s attention was drawn to the untimely and tragic death of...
Behaviour & Development, Help & Advice, Parenting Perspective
It’s completely mama-instinct to protect our young and lick their wounds. They hurt, we hurt and the biology of this doesn’t change as our babies grow. But there comes a time in their lives we should no longer protect our kids from natural consequences and...
A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Health and Wellbeing, Help & Advice
Teenage sleep seems to be a hot topic as just this week on the Teenage Survival Coach Facebook page I’ve shared a couple of articles about schools accommodating their timetables to better sync with teen sleeping patterns. Maybe it’s newsworthy because...
