“It’s not you, it’s me.” A fairly well known phrase, generally for relationship break ups, but this post about parenting teenagers, take this very philosophy.  In my first post on parenting teenagers, I wrote mainly about the behaviour of our eldest son (14 years old). This month I have been thinking more about my behaviour; what [...]

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As your kids get older you realise that you cannot control as many things as you once did. I have had an ethical and nutritional objection to a number of fast food outlets for several years.  My kids don’t ask to go there as they know it is something that will not happen.  If they [...]

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I often say to friends and other parents that I meet, that I feel I am back in parenting 101 with my first teenager now. I didn’t for one minute think I had the parenting gig completely sorted, but having done the rounds a couple of times of the different age groups, I was certainly [...]

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I received a number of comments and emails about how I limit technology with our kids after last week’s post on managing homework. I had this post listed in my plan already, as we have changed our approach to technology time since I wrote about it last. (We group activities like TV watching, Wii games, [...]

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I have written previously about helping kids with homework on the blog: 10 Homework Tips For Parents Homework Area Managing Homework With Little Children About But like most things in family life, how we approach homework help with kids is constantly evolving. A number of readers have emailed over the last couple of months asking [...]

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Today’s post is by my 13 year old son, who had the “best time ever” going to see the Premiere of The Dark Knight Rises at IMAX. ********** In Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises we are thrust into Gotham eight years after Batman fought Joker to save his city. Bruce Wayne, (Christian Bale) has been [...]

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