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Your teen’s mental health starts with yours
Being a parent is hard, and it doesn’t get any easier when your kids hit adolescence. There’s a saying that you’re only ever as happy as your unhappiest child and sayings are often true. It certainly causes a lot of distress to parents when their child is distressed. It's easy to feel shame, hopelessness and […]
Help your teen get to sleep at night: 9 tips
Teens need around eight to 10 hours of sleep each night, but few are getting even the minimum. So, although this is the time of life when they need sleep the most, they just aren’t getting enough. What are the effects of lack of sleep? Lack of sleep has a real impact on our mental […]
How to talk to your tween and teenagers when the news is distressing
We now can see and hear news continuously as it happens around the globe, and so can our children. So, how can you talk to them about the (often distressing) issues that impact the world around them? Conflict, climate change and COVID – the world can seem a sad and distressing place through the eyes […]