5 rhetorical questions you’d probably like to ask your teen…

A Teen's World, Parenting Perspective, Whatever

Now as the parent of a teen, you may be wondering what on Earth happened to the sweet, chirpy, communicative child you’d raised. Are they in there anywhere? Would you get satisfactory answers about this even if you asked them directly? Ahhhhhhh, ok… maybe...

Teens and tattoos

A Teen's World, Health and Wellbeing, Parenting Perspective, Whatever

Teens and tattoos was a topic recently chewed over on the TSC Facebook page and came about from an interesting car conversation on the way to school with Mr16. Being un-inked myself, but with no negative thoughts on tattoos, I was shocked when he told me a number of...

Close to the end of his world …

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...

What will your teens most remember about Christmases of their youth?

Whatever

I wrote on Facebook the other day that my Mr 16 gets just as excited about Christmas as his little sister, Miss 4, does. Last year he was up bright and early, along with her, and said he barely slept he was so excited!! Even this past week he has exclaimed how much he...

Self Harm – Part 3 – things that can help

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...

Self harm – Part 2 – Why? Why? Why?

Whatever

Last week, the introductory post of this series on adolescent self-harming behaviour, provided a brief introduction into the some of the commonly held beliefs around self harm. Some facts around self harm were shared and so were some beliefs that are untrue, unhelpful...