Teenagers

Life with teenagers can be challenging. The advice here comes from our parenting experts, and can help you support your teen through the ups and downs of their formative years.

Parenting teenagers 

Parenting Tips
Social media ban for under 16s: tips for parents
Teens staring at their phones
Social media ban for under 16s: tips for parents
Parenting Tips
Teen relationships
Teenage boy and girl holding hands, smiling, laying on grass together
Teen relationships
Parenting Tips
Teenage behaviour management strategies
Teenage boy with headphones around his neck, with his head in his hands.
Teenage behaviour management strategies
Parenting Tips
Teenage depression: the signs and how to help
Teenage boy with his head in his hands, looking depressed.
Teenage depression: the signs and how to help
Parenting Tips
How to deal with violent and aggressive behaviour from your teenager
Teenage boy with his hand on his face
How to deal with violent and aggressive behaviour from your teenager
Parenting Tips
How to help a teenager with low self-esteem
How to help a teenager with low self-esteem
Parenting Tips
Teenage mood swings
A teenage girl sits sadly with her head in her hands
Teenage mood swings
Blogs
Panic attacks in teenagers
Mother supporting daughter having a panic attack
Panic attacks in teenagers
Parenting Tips
Creating house rules for children and teenagers
Teenage girl putting clothes away
Creating house rules for children and teenagers
Parenting Tips
Peer Pressure and Teenage Friendships
Two teenage friends sat together at the top of a skate park ramp
Peer Pressure and Teenage Friendships
Parenting Tips
Perfectionism in children
Little girl carefully colouring in some drawings
Perfectionism in children
Parenting Tips
Teenage behaviour
Teenagers sitting on a wall, one has a skateboard
Teenage behaviour
Parenting Tips
Signs of self-harm
teenage girl with sad expression
Signs of self-harm
Parenting Tips
What can you do when your child is refusing to go to school?
What can you do when your child is refusing to go to school?
Parenting Tips
Bullying at school
School boy upset with his head on his desk and other boys in the background
Bullying at school
Parenting Tips
Anti-bullying Week 2024: What to do if your child is the bully
Bullied girl crying in playground
Anti-bullying Week 2024: What to do if your child is the bully
Blogs
Anti-Bullying Week: how to help a child being bullied
A boy sat alone reflecting after being bullied
Anti-Bullying Week: how to help a child being bullied
Parenting Tips
How to deal with bullying
School girl with her face in her hands. Two other girls are bullying her
How to deal with bullying
Parenting Tips
Should I let my child walk to school?
A young boy taking a moment to sit down during his walk to school
Should I let my child walk to school?
Parenting Tips
How to help a child with ADHD in school
School children in a classroom, putting their hands up
How to help a child with ADHD in school
Parenting Tips
Top tips for exam results day
A parent and child receiving good news on exam results day.
Top tips for exam results day
Parenting Tips
How to deal with exam stress: A parent’s guide
View from a teacher's desk during an exam
How to deal with exam stress: A parent’s guide
Parenting Tips
The dangers of social media
Teenage girl looking at her phone
The dangers of social media
Parenting Tips
Teaching Your Kids to Avoid Scams
A bored looking young girl searching the web on a tablet device
Teaching Your Kids to Avoid Scams
Parenting Tips
When does too much gaming become a problem?
Teenage boy who is gripped by a video game and is spending too much time gaming
When does too much gaming become a problem?
Parenting Tips
How to stay safe online- tips for parents
Boy with headset playing online
How to stay safe online- tips for parents

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