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25Aug

How to Successfully Communicate with Your Parents As An Adult

Gabriela Morris

childhood, communication, family, parenting, relationships

Therapists

Negotiating an adult relationship with our parents can be challenging, and full of difficult conversations (and arguments). Counsellor Gabriela Morris offers advice on how to achieve peaceful communication with our parents.
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04Aug

7 Key Skills for Social Success in Children

Caroline Maguire

children, education, friendship, parenting, relationships, school

Relationships

Good social skills go beyond making friends – they can also help us get ahead in life in terms of work and other opportunities. Education expert and author Caroline Maguire outlines 7 key behaviours that will boost any child's social skills.
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02Aug

8 Internet Safety Tips for Keeping Children Safe Online

Allison Troutner

children, family, parenting, technology

Relationships

With the summer holidays beginning, children will inevitably have more access to screen time, especially in the form of the internet. Internet safety has become an increasingly worrying problem amongst parents.
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26Jul

Where You End And I Begin: Leah McLaren’s Memoir of Enmeshed Parenting

Louise Chunn

attachment, childhood, family, motherhood, mothers, parenting

Relationships

Canadian journalist Leah McLaren was raised by a mother who rejected traditional parenting rules, and treated her daughter more like a confidante. McLaren’s memoir, Where You End And I Begin, unravels the story behind her mother’s behaviour, and explores the effects on herself.
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18Jul

Loss and Hope As I Move On From Motherhood As I Know It

Sandra Hilton

middleage, midlife, motherhood, mothers, parenting

Therapists

Children leaving home is a seismic shift for most parents. Counsellor Sandra Hilton reflects on her own feelings of grief and loss as she looks ahead to a new chapter of motherhood.
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07Jul

3 Steps to Raising Resilient and Confident Girls

Jo Wimble-Groves

confidence, family, parenting, resilience, society, teenagers, tips

Relationships

Levels of confidence and self-esteem typically drop in young girls as they leave childhood. Jo Wimble-Groves offers 3 ways that parents can encourage continued confidence and resilience in their daughters.
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20Jun

Tips to Help Your Child Manage Big Emotions

Dr Anne Lane

children, emotions, family, fatherhood, motherhood, parenting, tips

Mind

Children might get overwhelmed by big emotions that they struggle to name and control; as a parent, this can be distressing. Dr Anne Lane offers 5 tips to help you help your child.
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14Jun

How Parents Can Manage Anxiety Around Teenagers Becoming Independent

Lisa Daitz

family, parenting, teenagers, teens

Therapists

After exams, teens might embark upon their first trips away from home; these rites of passage might trigger anxiety in parents. Therapist Lisa Daitz offers some tips for constructive conversations with your teenager.
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30May

Once a Mother, Always a Mother? The Challenges of Being a Mother of Adult Children

Annette Byford

family, motherhood, mothers, parenting, women

Therapists

Once a mother, always a mother, or so the saying goes. So how can mothers renegotiate their roles as their children grow up and leave home? Therapist Annette Byford explores.
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23May

What Do Teens Today Understand About Sex and Consent?

Terri Apter

parenting, relationships, sex, sexuality, teenagers, teens, youth

Relationships

While teens today are more comfortable with different sexualities, are they also more comfortable and knowledgeable about sex? Psychologist Terri Apter explores these issues and more in her new book The Teen Interpreter.
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