Helping Adults Help teens
Grunts, rolled eyes, one word answers, and silence. These are some of the most common parental experiences of teenage communication. Just when it feels like kids are getting to the age you can have more interesting and meaningful conversations with them, they suddenly stop all meaningful verbal communication. If can be frustrating and concerning having […]
It would have to be the biggest parenting challenge of the early 21st century, “How much screen time should I give my kids?” Parents who weren’t raised in an online world are trying to work out what it means to parent teens who are growing up in digitally saturated world. Rarely a week goes by, […]
So many parents I hear from are desperate to change teenage behaviour. They have tried everything they can think of and their teenager’s behaviour seems to only get worse not better. One of the things lots of these situations have in common is that parents are trying to effect change in their teenager’s behaviour, but […]
All parents are well familiar with the fact cleaning and maintaining their rooms in order are not among teenagers’ priorities. At this age, kids are more interested in discussing the latest celebrity gossips with their friends, listening to their favourite Taylor Swift album or browsing through their Facebook news feed. The results are the stuff […]
Teenagers are costly creatures. On top of their schooling fees, they’re consistently signing up to another expensive extracurricular activity, impressively eating enough for four, requiring new clothes every other day…. It’s always yet another expense that will see you open your wallet again, and again, and again. Be it tuckshop orders or public transport tickets, […]
The Understanding Teenagers blog is edited by former youth worker and teenage expert Chris Hudson. Find out more about Chris and the services Understanding Teenagers offers.