Checking In and Checking Up
“Checking in” and “checking up” are NOT the same thing! When we were older teens and young adults we got in the habit of checking in with Mum at night before she went to bed. We knew she did […]
Category "Adolescents"
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Laughter works too!
When your teenager becomes a stranger, sometimes humour is the only answer! I had a hard time trying to figure out how to relate to my son when he first turned the corner to full blown adolescence. I did […]
My Diary
The best way to understand your teenager is to remember what it was like to BE a teenager! Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not […]
Lock up- or the beginning of adolescence!
Like the “Lock up” stage of building, when the builder allows the homeowners take over the interior design of a home, we as parents must allow our teenagers take over (to some degree) the final stage of their own development. […]
Pick Your Battles and Learn to Let Go
Fighting with our teens is so exhausting, and yet so important. However, in a world where it is possible to fight about everything from smoking to cereal, it becomes essential to pick your battles. It is a matter of mental […]
Child Behind Door Number…
There is only one thing harder than living in a home with an adolescent – and that’s being an adolescent. The moodiness, the volatility, the wholesale lack of impulse control, all would be close to clinical conditions if they occurred […]
Broken Record-The Art of Arguing with Teens!
Arguing is not only healthy it is essential for your teen, but the endless exercise of persuading and bickering can drive a parent distracted! The Broken Record Technique will help to moderate the endless hours of argument and help you […]
Dirty Shirts: Life is the Best Teacher
Our children are (supposedly) capable of adult behaviour as young as age 12 ( I was told this by a Child Psychiatrist), and I know this can be hard to believe! However, here IS a caveat; adolescents are capable of […]