While this post is called talking with teenagers it really should be called listening to and reading teenagers! In the PWK survey, the topic of teenagers was a prominent answer to the …
How to support your teenagers
As a parent, supporting our teenagers can be a challenging task. Teenagers are wonderful but they also come with a big dose of attitude, they know pretty much everything, they can be …
Adjusting to the stages of family life
I love the ages the kids are now. I love seeing them grow up to be good people who are contributing positively to the world around them. I love the in-depth conversations …
Supporting your VCE student in a COVID interrupted year
Our daughter is our third child to work her way through the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). VCE is the certificate that the majority of students in Victoria receive on satisfactory completion …
Five strategies for parenting, working or living with youngest-borns
Why First-borns Rule the World and Later-borns Want to Change It was one of the first books that I reviewed on this blog (you can read it here). A key takeaway from …
Reader questions – teenagers
Today’s post answers reader questions on the topic of parenting issues. You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. As I noted last week, when answering reader questions I try to offer …
11 unique Christmas gift ideas for Aussie teens
This post is part of my 2020 Christmas series. Click here to find other posts in the series. This post on unique Christmas gift ideas for Aussie teens is aimed at older …
15 new books for 12-14 year olds
I am super excited to be able to publish this excellent list of books for 12-14 year olds from best selling Australian author Allison Tait. As Allison notes below this is an …
Helping your child with mental health issues – one parent’s story
Having a child with mental health issues is a huge challenge for any parent. There is no manual or guide book to take you step by step through what you will need …
Book review – The Modern Parent – Raising a Great Kid in the Digital World
I sincerely wish I had The Modern Parent – Raising a Great Kid in the Digital World available to me to read about seven years ago. Our eldest child was 13 then …
Christmas gift ideas for older teenagers
Older teenagers can be a hard to buy for group if you don’t want to buy them some sort of gift card or give them money. These things are of course great …
VCE subject selection – info and tips for parents
If you didn’t study yourself under the VCE structure (I didn’t!) there can be quite a bit to learn as a parent of a child going into years 11 and 12. To …
Managing new stages with older kids
Today’s post answers a reader question. You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. How do you handle the next phase of life ie kids getting older and transitioning from Primary to …
How to entice older kids away from screens
Today’s post is from Bron from the great new site Mumlyfe, which is a parenting site for mums of older kids. I have known Bron for many years and she has a fabulous …
Teenage girls and social media
Today’s post is from the wonderful Martine Oglethorpe of The Modern Parent. Martine is an educator, counsellor and speaker who specialises in the area of technology and the family. She has a …
My top 10 tips for parenting teenagers
We have three teenagers in our house, currently aged 19, 16 and 14. You may have noticed that I do not write so much about teenagers on the blog any more. This …
Getting it wrong
Parenting teenagers can be a tricky business. Our oldest child will be 19 at the end of the month, so I have been parenting teenagers now for almost six years. You might …
Parenting teenagers – not taking it personally
This was originally published in the PWK Newsletter, but I have had a number of people emailing me asking where they could find it again as they had deleted the email, so …