Behaviour & Development, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
It can be easy to forget there is sometimes still a little one hiding inside our gangly, lanky and deep-voiced teens. I know last Thursday, I saw a glimpse of Mr16’s inner child and I must admit his vulnerability caught me quite unawares. Of my 2 teen lads, I...
Behaviour & Development, Parenting Perspective
Oh God, I think my teens may perish should they ever be teleported way back to the 80s and subjected to the summer holidays of my youth. I’ll admit they’ve now learnt not to chant the ‘I’m borrrrred’ words too loudly, consequences are...
Behaviour & Development, Family, Parenting Perspective
Guess what? It’s true there are some ways to love your teen … today … without having them smirk, shirk or excessively roll their eyes. Pardon, you say? Impossible! Yes, I know that most parents have experienced the teen who turns their head from a...
A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Family, Health and Wellbeing, Parenting Perspective, Saftey, Whatever
Previously this series of posts has looked at demystifying some of the common misunderstandings around self-harming behaviour. We know that despite its frequency amongst adolescents, self-harm often hides under the silent cloak of shame and fear. A follow up post...
Behaviour & Development, Health and Wellbeing, Parenting Perspective, Saftey
Discovering marks of self-harm on your child, would have to be one of the most confronting and concerning moments for any parent. It would also have to be one of the most confusing moments, because the phenomenon of adolescent self-harm is quite often shrouded in...
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...
