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 […]
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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, […]
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In my previous post I discussed 8 reasons why teenagers are increasingly likely to struggle with addiction to online gaming. Knowing the reasons is one thing, knowing what to do about it is another thing entirely. This post is a place to start for parents who have teenagers who are into online gaming. Before I […]
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Online gaming. Those words alone are enough to make some parents cringe in agony. The concept of versing opponents via the Internet isn’t as new of a concept as most think. As early as the mid 1990’s, Nintendo were experimenting with online gaming with their Super Nintendo console (mostly in Japan, where a hardware add-on […]
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Today’s post is by Belinda Hudson. Belinda is a full time teacher who has taught in schools in Australia and England as well as spending several years as a youth worker. Since her own experience in high school, Belinda has been passionate about helping young women accept who they are and develop a healthy self […]
Continue readingPop culture; it goes in one massive circle right? If a teenager had worn a pair of tight-fitted jeans two years ago they would have been condemned on the spot – but now it’s cool. Just like they were in the 70’s.
Continue readingJennifer Wagner has been working with the Internet and Millennials for years, including running computer schools for kids. Along with publishing her own successful blog Jennifer also writes for the Examiner’s NY Parenting Teens, Momtourage and is part of the Yahoo Motherboard. Jennifer has generously agreed to write a guest post for Understanding Teenagers about […]
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