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Make habit changes that actually work.
Season 2 Episode 10
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We've all done it; new year, new me. By January the 11th the lustre has rubbed off our shiny resolutions and we're back to our old…
3 years, 8 months ago
Step-parent of tweens and tweens. Coping, and thriving, with a blended family.
Season 2 Episode 9
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Having your own child can feel like an overwhelming responsibility at times,
but when you become a step-parent it's even more compl…
3 years, 10 months ago
Parties for teens and tweens. Invitations, gatecrashers and alcohol.
Season 2 Episode 8
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Parties can be life-enhancing, joyous, and a wonderful chance to meet new people, but when it's for a teenager it can have a touch…
3 years, 10 months ago
Giving presents: Is your teen ungrateful?
Season 2 Episode 7
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Christmas is marketed as a time of magic and joy, but when it comes to your teenagers does it feel more like pressure - to deliver…
3 years, 10 months ago
Friendships: How to support teens to build their social skills.
Season 2 Episode 6
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Our teens have been dubbed Generation Isolation by the UK charity OnSide. It follows a poll which showed that 77% of young people …
3 years, 11 months ago
Parenting difficult teens: How do I stop my teenager from being entitled?
Season 2 Episode 5
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'Today's teenagers are far more hopeless than anything humanity has ever produced before,' according to Jeremy Clarkson, former pr…
3 years, 11 months ago
Why is teen identity such an issue? Also, smelly teens.
Season 2 Episode 4
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We've all heard about the phenomenon of a midlife crisis, but it's the teenage years when we first really become aware of our iden…
4 years ago
Why Does My Teenager Have No Manners? Teach Respect Without Nagging
Season 2 Episode 3
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Why does it sometimes feel as though our teenagers have forgotten every manner we ever taught them? And are good manners really ab…
4 years ago
Parents’ Guide to Teen Girls’ Clothing Choices, Plus How to Handle Changing Finances
Season 2 Episode 2
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Can you imagine a TV presenter wearing the same blue suit on-screen for 12 months and nobody noticing, or commenting? Well in Aus…
4 years ago
Disagreements over parenting styles, and future careers.
Season 2 Episode 1
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In all honesty, very few of us thought about our partner's possible parenting style when we began dating them. I know that I didn'…
4 years, 1 month ago