Why did I love being 12? I loved it because I knew I wasn’t old enough to do anything else than be a kid. I loved it because I was a kid and I didn’t have to try to be, nor did I want to be anything else. I loved being 12 because I didn’t have a care in the world.
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Do you have any ideas on how to deal with a teenager who has changed her whole attitude towards life? She no longer wants to attend school and has started smoking. I don’t know what to do. Not every parent is in this position, but those who are know they are faced with an intense
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I am currently delivering a small group program for year 8 boys. During the first session I decided to ask them to identify one thing they wanted to change or improve over the next 12 weeks. To encourage answers, I asked them to consider what their parents and teachers nagged them about most often. Here
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I was driving to a play date with the two-year old twins in the car, having just dropped off my four year old at kindy, when Ka-klunk! Something was wrong with the back, passenger side wheel. I knew it was looking dodgy beforehand, so suspected it had gone flat. But, wasn’t really sure. After a
I know you can recall a time when you’ve had coffee with friends and the conversation goes something like – “My little one toilet trained herself” or “My little one slept through the night from birth’ or “ “My daughter is doing so well at school.” Meanwhile, you’re sipping your coffee, wishing you could slide under the table and scream out: “My kids are driving me nuts!!”
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Many well intending parents have refused their tweens access to facebook after hearing horror stories about Cyber Bullying and Paedophiles. So clever tweens, eager to enter the social media world, are doing the switcheroo and turning to Instagram. What they don’t tell their parents is that Instagram isn’t just photo sharing. It has all the
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A 3 year old’s birthday party shouldn’t strike fear into the heart of a parent, should it? Well, I was afraid. Very afraid…
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My boys can already flick through my iPad faster than me (at 17mths & 3yrs old!). Soon, they’ll know more about the internet than I do. And that scares me…
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So, the future King of England’s name has been announced: George Alexander Louis.
Is it terrible that I’m a teeny bit disappointed?
My kids are years away from puberty, but from the things that I’ve heard lately about what constitutes acceptable behaviour amongst some teenagers, I feel like I can’t be too prepared for talking about sexuality with my kids when they’re older. What I’d like to tell my teenagers is that sex (or sexual activity) is
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