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11 unique Christmas gift ideas for Aussie teens

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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10 Christmas gift ideas for older teenagers - Australia

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 …

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VCE subject selection – info and tips for parents

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Tips to avoid being frustrated with the kids

I adore my kids, but sometimes they cause me great frustration. The have been know to leave their stuff all over the house, whine when asked to do something, fight with each …

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Monthly review – allowing space for growth

Having a single goal focused on parenting, has meant I have learnt much about myself as a parent this year. In the middle of this year, I wrote a newsletter titled Under …

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Book Review – Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind

Before I review the book, I firstly want to send a big shout out to Seana Smith who recommended the book to me. Seana is a Sydney based blogger and author who …

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Managing technology with teenagers – what other families do

I recently shared how we manage technology with the teenagers in our house. I received lots of great feedback from readers on the post, via email and on facebook. I have collated …

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Managing technology with teenagers

This post is really looking at how we manage technology with our 15 year old. I have learnt that managing technology with teenagers is so much harder than younger kids for two …

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Making it through a bad day

Making it through a bad day

In many ways I think I prefer the tantrum of a toddler than that of a teenager!  The teenager version is louder, often goes for longer and upsets the balance of the …

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