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Lone parenting and Understanding Teen Mood Swings.
Season 1 Episode 11
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Lone parenting:
One of Susie’s superpowers has been raising three kids alone, so this time we look at some of the issues of lone pa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Friendship: Girls and toxic groups, also building resilience
Season 1 Episode 10
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If you know the film Mean Girls you're no stranger to the concept that teen friendship groups can be fraught with problems. Whilst…
4 years, 6 months ago
Screens and teens and healthy eating.
Season 1 Episode 9
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More than half of UK parents in one study were concerned that excessive screen time while schools were closed could cause addictio…
4 years, 7 months ago
Parenting teen and tween sibling rivalry, also the vaping teenager.
Season 1 Episode 8
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Is conflict never-ending in your home, or are your teenagers benefitting from having a sibling? We talk about our own experiences …
4 years, 7 months ago
Covid's impact on our teens, also the teenage sleep conundrum.
Season 1 Episode 7
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Covid has given everyone a real bashing. For teenagers, one upside is that we now talk more about mental health, but at the same t…
4 years, 8 months ago
Body image and getting teens to do chores.
Season 1 Episode 6
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A healthy body image: Feeling happy and satisfied with your body and what it can do.
An unhealthy body image: Highly self-critical…
4 years, 8 months ago
Motivation and giving up: When do we let them quit?
Season 1 Episode 5
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We'd all love our children to breeze through school, enjoying a satisfying academic life, having lots of friends, and coming out a…
4 years, 8 months ago
Mobile phone photos/sexting, and money management using an allowance.
Season 1 Episode 4
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Our teens are growing up in a world of TikTok, You Tube and Instagram, places full of barely dressed people talking freely about b…
4 years, 8 months ago
Talk so your teenager will listen, and dealing with teen sex in your home.
Season 1 Episode 3
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Remember those years when your child followed you everywhere, and gazed at you with adoring eyes because you knew everything? Have…
4 years, 9 months ago
Discussing alcohol, and how to stay connected
Season 1 Episode 2
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You only have to scan the jokes on birthday cards in the shops to see how much drinking alcohol is ingrained in our culture as bot…
4 years, 9 months ago