Musings: Parenting teenagers

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Self-harming teens – why do they do it?

Cutting, starving, bingeing, burning, drinking, drugs, promiscuity… these are the most popular ways for self-harming. Many parents harbour a secret fear that the teenage years might bring these things.  At the same time, parents assume that their child won’t.  We protect ourselves by believing that teens that turn to self-harming behaviour come from other families, [...]

Posted on 14 March 2013
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Praise causes failure!

I know it does, but I still do it; it is ingrained in me that praising is proper parenting behaviour and I am really having to work hard to break the habit. It starts with “What a clever girl, you ate all your greens!” and goes on “What a brilliant picture!” and on “You’re a [...]

Posted on 8 March 2013
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Healing times

*  Your daughter looks pale and is complaining of a sore throat and can’t sleep *  or she is flushed, her body aches, and the thought of homework overwhelms her *  or your daughter feels crampy, weepy and just wants to stay home. Do you see this as an opportunity for her to feel your [...]

Posted on 26 February 2013
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What’s way more important than maths or English?

- knowing your own mind, and trusting it. Does your daughter know what intuition feels like? Does your daughter know her own mind? Is she allowed to trust and follow this? Having a daughter who knows her own mind can be challenging, but can you celebrate it? she’s more likely to find a path in [...]

Posted on 29 January 2013
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Puberty is private!

I have found adolescence to be a time when a girl particularly needs to have someone older who she can talk to, someone who is not her mother.  This is not because there is anything wrong with her own mother, or their relationship, it is just that many girls want the distance that another woman [...]

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Posted on 22 January 2013
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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