Musings: Parenting girls

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Is puberty just around the corner?

If your daughter is eight it might be! So is she prepared? Puberty in girls normally starts between eight and thirteen years old. For many it comes sooner than we expect – and for some it cannot come soon enough. Either way it heralds a time of rapid change. Your daughter can mature and grow [...]

Posted on 12 December 2012

Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Rites of passage
Tags: body image, Coming of age, feelings, Menses, puberty, Puberty for girls, Raising children

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Just Listen to Me!

Teens tell me that they don’t talk to their parents because their parents don’t listen. I wanted to think that this was not true for me and my teen, but then I observed myself, and have to admit that sometimes I don’t listen properly. When your child comes to you with something that is bothering [...]

Posted on 4 December 2012

Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
Tags: feelings, listening, parenting teenagers, problem solving, Raising children

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Do as you’re told!

Don’t we all have times when we wish they would? Who hasn’t wished for a request to be met by instant compliance. Life would be so much easier if we were spared the ‘Why?’ or the ‘In a minute…’ (which never happens) or the extended debate designed for a wriggle out. Compliant, agreeable children seem [...]

Posted on 29 November 2012

Musings: Parenting teenagers
Tags: bad behaviour, drugs, parental over-involvement, risk-taking, sex, teenage safety, teenagers

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Heavy Periods

I have been moved to write after hearing about the struggle with heavy periods of a local teen that I’m fond of. She’s not alone, heavy bleeding is not uncommon for teens (and women approaching menopause) but it is not easy to cope with. I know of too many women and girls who come to [...]

Posted on 22 November 2012

Musings: Parenting teenagers, Rites of passage
Tags: Coming of age, heavy bleeding, heavy periods, hormone imbalance, menorrhagia, menstruation, parenting teenagers, Puberty for girls, teenage health

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Teen Need for Sleep

Did you know that teens need an hour or two more sleep than children or adults, but they get less than either? And that they become night owls for a bit, feeling drowsy later and needing to sleep in longer? And that over three-quarters of teens are officially sleep-deprived. Here’s the tricky thing: – Teens [...]

Posted on 14 November 2012

Musings: Parenting teenagers
Tags: alcohol abuse, bedtime routine, drug abuse, eating disorders, obesity, role model, sleep, sleep deprivation, sleep habits, teen drinking, teen performance, teen sleep, teen suicide, teenagers

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Is puberty just around the corner?

Just Listen to Me!

Do as you’re told!

Heavy Periods

Teen Need for Sleep

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