The Teen Age
Putting the I in identity
Your teen’s identity might as well be represented by a great big question mark right now – they’re still working ...
How low is too low for a teenagers mood?
Dr Kirsten Wooff, Clinical Psychologist and Director at Resilience Clinical Psychology, explains when you need to worry about your teen’s ...
Do you know the difference between supporting and enabling?
What is “enabling”? “Enabling” used to be a positive word – it described giving someone the means to do something. ...
Team up your tween with a book
It can be a struggle to get Tweens off their screens and into a book. Diana Noonan has 10 tips ...
Social distancing?! 90 excellent pastimes (for teens)
With social distancing now being the norm, spending all our time cooped up inside isn’t healthy, particularly if you spend ...
Let them sleep!
Remember the Spirit of Christmas Past? No, not the one from Scrooge– the one in your own household? Roughly a ...
Teens’ first relationship and breakup
Their first relationship can happen at 11 or 17, it can last a week or three years – but no ...
How to beat the summer laziness, maybe
If the summer holidays seemed long to us parents when the kids were in primary school, they are a fortnight ...
Coping with Parents’ Divorce
Parents might believe that a divorce is something that mainly affects the adults. However, divorce is usually a traumatic time ...
Have you raised a handy teen who can make, do, and fix?
If you haven’t taught your teen to make, do and fix, you’ve failed them, says mum of three teens Maria ...
Supporting your teenager’s mental health
The number of New Zealand youth experiencing anxiety and depression continues to increase. As a parent, it can be a ...
