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Teenagers and Politics

Given the events of the past week here in Australia, (we have just got a new Prime Minister) I have been thinking about politics and how teenagers engage with politics. The adolescent task of [...]

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Why Teenagers Engage in Heavy Drinking

In previous posts I have discussed alcohol use amongst teens and the connection between parents and teenage alcohol use.  In this post I thought I would look more specifically at heavy drinking [...]

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Peer Pressure: Not All Teens the Same.

It can be easy to stereotype when talking about demographic groupings. It is no different for those of us who talk about teenagers all day – we can generalise from time to time. So in order to [...]

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Controlling Teens: Does It Work?

In the previous post I suggested that being in control of our selves as adults is  better starting point for building healthy relationships with our teenagers. In this post I want to briefly [...]

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Girls Starting Puberty Younger

I think this is the type of headline no Dad wants to read. Most of us Dads would be happy for our  girls to start puberty at about 15, and then start finding boys interesting at about  21. So the [...]

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