Better Communication, Education, Family, Help & Advice, Parenting Perspective, Sex, Drugs and Alcohol
Are you comfortable having the conversation with your teenager about Same Sex Marriage, an issue that’s currently very much talk of the town? Only last week I posted an article about having the hard chats with your teen, and for some parents this topic may prove...
Better Communication, Education, Family, Parenting Perspective
Ahhhhh school holidays! Reprieve from packing Vegemite sandwiches, a break from dragging the teens out of bed and a few weeks without hunting matching socks! All. The. Wins! More than that, school breaks are an ideal time to bond with your teen and rebuild the...
A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Cyberstuff, Education, Technology
Your teen must be taught their online reputation has the ability to make or break them in today’s digital world. There’s no point minimising it because life’s reality means that future employers, girlfriends (or boyfriends) and teammates can and will...
Behaviour & Development, Cyberstuff, Education, Technology
As a social animal, your teen learns behaviour through modelling and imitating their peers and also adults. Young people are connected to each other and social media 24/7 and therefore influences far and wide are prominent in their lives and often there is little we...
A Teen's World, Education, Parenting Perspective
The final day of June, but first day of the Queensland school holidays. Thank bloody goodness I say. It’s been a rough first semester for Mr 17 in his final year of high school, and 6 months down, with less than 6 to go… pressure’s on. And it’s...
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...
