Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
Teenagers are impulsive creatures by nature and often don’t invest enough time in considering a situation and weighing up the available range of options before making their decision to act. Being a teen can be hard, so can being the parent of one. Sometimes your...
Family, Parenting Perspective
Does this sight look in anyway familiar? Does it make you want to swear and throw a bloody big tantrum? Or maybe it inspires a desire to have the world’s biggest rant and rave, lecturing said room owner until your face is blue and your words have entered one of...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
It’s really a sign of the times, isn’t it? I’m sure you’ve seen it … groups of young people in a social setting (using the term ‘social’ loosely here) where they are physically together but appear alone, each in a world of...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
Having a toddler AND two teens in the house certainly makes for interesting times. Both ends of the spectrum keep me on my toes, that’s for sure. But, hey all kids do that, right? I’ve worked with teenagers for a verrrrrry long time now (don’t let me...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
After considerable faffing and farting around this morning, the temptation to stick a couple of missiles up the bums of my children was a strong one indeed. Don’t worry, I didn’t succumb to it. I work with young people and know that it would be reportable!...
Education, Parenting Perspective
It’s a little difficult to put into words how overawed – in a very proud way – I am by my oldest child today. My Big Boy is 15 and today I have seen something from him that is beyond his years, seriously, and it floored me. A few weeks ago he was...
