A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Better Communication
Many parents really don’t understand why their teenagers sometimes behave in an impulsive, irrational, or dangerous way. There’s a single word explanation though and that’s BIOLOGY. It’s an undisputed fact that a teenage brain functions very differently than an...
Better Communication, Parenting Perspective
What makes constructive criticism different from just being criticised? Constructive criticism is often confused with downright being criticised. And it can bite. Hard. It hurts to think that your efforts or behaviours are perceived poorly by others and to be told so...
A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Better Communication
Raising teenagers can be the biggest challenge of your parenting career as this is the time of their development when most unpredictable things can – and do – happen. Your child isn’t a little kid anymore, and that’s not always an easy concept to...
A Teen's World, Behaviour & Development, Better Communication
Valentine’s Day is a fun and festive celebration and the day is usually marked with the giving and receiving of tokens of love and appreciation. However, for some, it can have a negative and opposite effect. Valentine’s Day for a teen who isn’t in a relationship can...
Family, Help & Advice, Technology
I get it… as parents, we sometimes overspend on our personal needs (and wants….) but most of the time money gets sucked right out of our wallets to buy for our family’s wants and needs. And it seems each year that the same amount never manages to stretch quite as far…...