Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 The audio hug for parents of teens and tweens.
By Rachel Richards and Susie Asli
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Episodes: 119
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Welcome to the weekly audio hug that calms your fears; empowering you with the information and skills you need so you can trust your own ability to parent in a fast-changing world.
Each week I try to develop our ability to be curios about each other, rather than judgemental, because it makes it possible for us to connect and keep changing for the better.
It may look like other parents are perfect but we all make mistakes. Admitting those mistakes isn't failure, it's growth because good parenting is a constantly evolving challenge.
Each week you join our community in thinking about a challenge. What do the experts say, and is their advice realistic in the heat of the moment? Susie brings her wealth of expertise in mindfulness, and her own experiences, to discuss the realities of parenting.
Share your experiences, questions and hopes; privacy assured at teenagersuntangled@gmail.com
What the Independent Podcasting Award judges said:
'The advice within the podcast on how to deal with what life throws at you is universally helpful, not just for those with teenagers.'
'A good mix of personal stories alongside professional insight; it's addressing something different, and helps its audience with the references and extra information provided in episode notes.'
'The rapport between the hosts, Rachel and Susie, is great with a good mix of them chatting, but also providing context for the listener and remembering them within the conversation.'
For more discussion and tips, you can find us on Facebook and Instagram. Find courses with Susie at https://www.amindful-life.co.uk/
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118: Suicide: How to talk about it with teens, and offer proper support.
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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117: Community: It takes a village to raise a child... as long they do it my way.
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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116: Girls: Talking with teens about beauty standards, entitlement and misogyny
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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115: Bullying or bravery? The dangers of cancel culture.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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114: Friendships, frenemies and boy banter. Parenting our teens through the relationship pitfalls.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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113: The damage of an emotionally immature parent
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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112: Masculinity and image: the Looksmaxxing hashtag that boys follow but parents don't see
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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111: Boundaries: How to set them and why they’re so important.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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110: Motivation: How to motivate your teenager. An interview with eminent Psychologist David Yeager
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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109: Parenting stress - in our 'culture of comparison' - is now 'a major health issue'
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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108: How to parent complex kids with ADHD or other differences
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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107: The hardest part of parenting a teen? We discuss the 18-22 year stage.
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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106: Should all teens get therapy? Also, do boys actually need male role models?
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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105: How grades harm school students and what we parents can do about it.
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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104: Teen weight and body image: Mother and daughter explore the issues.
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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103: Going to festivals. Top tips from teenagers.
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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102 Why our obsession with grades fails everyone. An interview with Exam Nation author Sammy Wright
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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101: Teen driving - Top tips for a smooth road ahead
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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100: Rachel's top ten lessons to celebrate 100 episodes!
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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99: Exams: how to cope with boys who fail them and seem apathetic. Email from a step-parent
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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98: Boys: Emotions, masculinity vaccinations, and online influencers.
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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97: Shyness: How to support a teen who lacks self-belief and confidence.
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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96: Sleeping in until late during the holidays. Tips for coping with teens and tweens who're waking up later and later.
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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95: Public displays of affection and sex in your home. Listener email.
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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94: Switching parental gears for their new school year.
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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93: Screen time for tweens and teens: The latest on what works and what doesn't.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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92: Summer flip or summer flop? What will your teen be doing with their summer, and does it really matter?
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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91: Is your teen being lazy, or could they be lacking a key executive skill?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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90: Family values can help us cope in a society of desires. Listener email.
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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89: Exams, depression, work, national service, Sigma and Bigorexia, we cover it all in our May chat
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May 29, 2024 |
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88: Failure to launch: What we can learn from struggling young adults about how to help our teens.
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May 22, 2024 |
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88: Missing out: The pain of FOMO. Why it’s particularly bad for teens, and how to help your teen.
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May 15, 2024 |
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88: Nagging: Reducing the friction using the magic of routine.
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May 08, 2024 |
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88: School: Angry kids, bad behaviour, and school avoidance. What can parents and teachers do?
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May 01, 2024 |
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87: Where’s my village? The stress of parenting in the ‘sandwich generation’.
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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86: Perfectionism: Help your teen, and yourself, overcome the need to be perfect.
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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85: Money: Giving teens and tweens an allowance. Two years on my daughter talks about how it’s impacted her.
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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84: Fun: Having fun with our teens, and the bonding power of laughter.
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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83: Resilience: Growing Resilience In Teens, or GRIT. An interview with Dr Louise Randall
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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82: Concentration, and the troubling effect of too many choices
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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81: Eldest daughter 'syndrome' and the trouble with parentification.
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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80: Taking things personally, coping with adversity, teen love and changing our minds when we get new information.
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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79: Manners: Parenting to help teens succeed in life by teaching the importance of good manners.
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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78: Admitting our mistakes - talking to our kids about our own sex and drugs and rock and roll teen years.
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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77: Standards: Setting high expectations without the pressure.
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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76: What should I say about my daughter posting bikini photos on social media?
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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75: Diet: Does my teen need to lose weight? How to navigate diet culture with Elyse Resch
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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74: Regrets? Things we parents would do differently
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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73: Unreliable parents: The absent or inconsistent parent who’s alcoholic. Also, supporting your teen back to school.
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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72: Back to school, third places, manners and our favourite podcasts, shows, books and apps.
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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71: New year's resolutions. Love them or loathe them the question is how can we make them work for us?
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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70: Gifts and presents: Do you feel a teenager in your life is ungrateful and transactional? Why are they like that, and how can we best show our love?
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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68: Parenting teenagers two years on: Online, education, anxiety, consequences, and the pressures of parenting. What we've learned from the podcast.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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67: Online grooming and sextortion: protecting our teens and tweens.
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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66: Eating disorders: An interview with Beat representative Umairah Malik. What we parents need to know, including warning signs, where to go for help, and practical things we can do or say that might make a difference.
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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65: Parenting styles that enable teens to grow into capable adults.
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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64: Pornography: How to talk to teens about pornography. An interview with Dr Mandy Sanchez of Culture Reframed.
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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63: Charging rent: should you charge your teens and young adults rent and, if you do, what's the best way to go about it?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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62: Exercise: are teens doing enough, and what can we do to encourage them?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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61: ‘Trans’ and gender confusion: what to say to teens when we’re often more confused than they are. An interview with expert psychotherapist Stella O'Malley.
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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60: Triggers and emotional spirals, also mobile phone bans and do schools know what to teach kids anymore?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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59: Divorce: Marriage problems; how to talk to a teenager about what’s happening.
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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58: Teen dating. Talking about relationships or 'help, my son's come home with a hickey!'
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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57: Emotional intelligence and how we can help ourselves, and our teens to develop it.
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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56: Gap years: What is a gap year and should our teens take one?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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55: Cancer and death: Supporting our kids through the worst
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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54: Anxiety: How to help your teen with anxiety, an interview with Renee Mill, Senior Clinical Psychologist.
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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53: Christmas and holiday stress with teenagers and tweens.
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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52: Transitioning to secondary school: What we wish we'd known about preparing our tweens & teens, and ourselves.
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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51: Memory helps us do far more than pass exams. So why not train it in the same way we work our muscles in the gym?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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50: Snapchat addiction; the app that's a fantastic way to connect, or a cynical exploitation of your teenager's time?
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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48: Bigorexia: Teens eating everything in the house, muscle building, and Bigorexia.
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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47: Anger issues: tips for dealing with an explosive and angry teen.
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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46:Masculinity, and positive ways of supporting our teenage boys: An interview with Mike Nicholson from Progressive Masculinity
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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45: New relationships: Introducing your new partner to your teen.
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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44: Risk-taking teens; the good news about bad behaviour.
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Teenagers Untangled: Who we are and how you can use the podcast.
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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43: Social media, and how to help your teens be their best selves online, with Natasha Devon MBE
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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42: Sleep; the free fix for our teens with no side effects.
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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41: Conflict resolution skills can deepen your relationship with your teen; here's how.
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May 10, 2023 |
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40: Exam revision - Parenting through the pressure.
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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39: Relationships and sex: how young is too young?
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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38:Teachers: how, and why, we should talk to our teenager's teachers.
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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37: Over-reactions: How to not overreact.
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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36: Stress: Techniques for dealing with the pressures of parenting
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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35: Vaping teens: A new epidemic of nicotine use is here. How to educate and discourage your teenagers.
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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34: School avoidance: what to do if your teen is missing school.
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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33: Masculine role models: Andrew Tate, misogyny, red pills, and the manosphere.
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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32: Rules: Consequences, and the teen who doesn't seem to care.
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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31: New year changes that stick. How to make resolutions that actually work.
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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29: Step-children. Coping, and thriving, with a blended family.
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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28: Parties for teens and tweens. Invitations, gatecrashers and alcohol.
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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27: Christmas presents: ungrateful teens, why are they like that, and what to do about gifts?
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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26: Friendships: How to support your ‘generation isolation’ teens to build their social skills.
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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25: Entitled teens: How do I stop my teenager from being entitled?
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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24: Identity crisis? Why identity is such an issue for teenagers. Also, stinky teens and what we can do about it.
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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23: Empty nest? How to cope when your teen moves out. Also, manners; what are they and what should we telling our teens about them?
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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22: Girl's clothes, and how to talk to teen about them, also talking with your teen about a change in your finances.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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21: Differing parenting styles, and future careers: Parenting together when you can't agree on a parenting style, also how to talk to your teen about their future career.
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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20: Drugs: How to talk to my teenager about drugs, and how to deal with a teenager who says they don't want to stay with the other divorced parent.
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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19: The overwhelming load of parenting work that’s never done; we talk about mom guilt and the motherhood myth. Don’t like your teenager's friends? Here’s how to approach it.
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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18: Lying teenagers, and teens who complain that they've got it harder than their siblings.
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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17: Favourite parent; and how to respond when teenagers want to ‘express’ themselves? Blue hair? Tattoos anyone?
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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16: Boy friendships, and supporting our sons in forming positive friendships. Also what the %#*!😳 we should do about swearing?
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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15: Self-harm: What can I do if my teen is self-harming? Also, what's your talking style and how does it affect your teen?
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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14: Anxiety in teenagers - also rules, and how to set ones your teens will follow.
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May 20, 2022 |
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13: Pornography: Why talking to your teen about it is more important now than it's ever been, and great ways to spend time with your teen.
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May 09, 2022 |
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12: Bullying, and the best way to tackle it. Also, dealing with teenage backchat.
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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11; Lone parenting, and the moody teenager who's affecting everyone.
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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10: Friendship: Girls and toxic groups, also resilience: how to get your teen to keep going instead of giving up at the first hurdle.
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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9: Screens and teens. Here’s how to help them, and yourself, manage your time. Also can we talk about healthy eating without giving our teens an eating disorder?
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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8: Sibling rivalry and how to deal with it as a parent. Also, the vaping teenager who's doing well at school but causing problems at home.
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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7: Isolation. Did Covid really have that much of an impact on our teens, and the teenage sleep conundrum.
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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6: Body image and chores: Helping teenagers to develop a positive body image. Also, getting your teenager to do chores without nagging.
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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5: Motivation: How to motivate your teenager when they’re not enjoying school, also what to do when your teenager wants to quit their instrument.
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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4: Mobile phone photos/sexting, and money management. The conversation you must have with your tween/teen. Also, how to increase responsibility using an allowance.
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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3: Talking: How to talk so your teenager will listen, and dealing with teen sex in your home.
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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2: Alcohol: How to discuss it, and staying connected. Should we be letting our teenagers drink and what should we be telling them about it? Also, how to stay connected.
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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1: Your parenting toolbox and tidy teen rooms: Rummaging in your toolbox and how you get your teenager to tidy their room.
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Dec 16, 2021 |