Topic
Talking with teenagers
The child who left, the closed door, the eye roll, and how to come closer.
Articles
- My ADHD Teen Is Always Late for SchoolWhen mornings with an ADHD teen are a race against the clock, more nagging may not help. A one-week experiment built on what research suggests about time, cues and if-then plans.
- My ADHD Teen Forgets Everything: Why More Reminders BackfireWhen your teen with ADHD forgets again, more reminders may make the evening louder, not better. Why forgetting may be part of ADHD itself, and what may help instead.
- Disrespectful Teenager: Eye Rolls, Tone and Slammed DoorsThe sigh, the eye roll, the slammed door. Where ordinary teenage attitude ends and real disrespect begins, what to say, what to let pass, and how to keep respect without losing your teenager.
- How Parents' Relationship Shapes Teenagers' Views on LoveTeenagers study their parents' relationship closely. Questions parents ask about what teens learn about love, respect and conflict from home, and what to do if you're not proud of what they've seen.
- Should I Check My Teenager's Phone?Checking a teen's phone in secret may cost more trust than it gains. What research suggests about privacy, safety and what teens choose to tell, and when safety comes first.
- Teen Mood Swings: What Is Normal and When to WorryLaughing in the morning, slamming doors by evening, in tears at bedtime. Common beliefs about teenage mood swings set beside what research suggests, and how to tell normal ups and downs from something more.
- My Teen Stays in Their Room All Day: Should I Worry?A teenager behind a closed door can be healthy privacy or a sign of trouble. Two lists to tell the difference, and ways to stay close without forcing the door open.
- My Teen Wants to Live With the Other Parent: What Now?"I want to live with Dad." Or "with Mum." For the parent who hears those words, a letter about the hurt, about listening to what is really being asked, and about putting your teenager's needs first.
- Teenage Dating: How to Talk to Your Teen About RelationshipsA name that keeps coming up, a phone that never leaves their hand, a first heartbreak. What to say, and what to avoid, when your teenager starts dating, so you stay someone they can talk to.
- My Teenage Daughter Says She Hates Me"I hate you" from a teenage daughter can cut deep. A letter to the parent who heard it, about what the words may mean, what may help, and when to worry.
- My Teenager Argues About Everything: What HelpsFive common beliefs about arguing teenagers, set beside what research suggests. Why constant debate may be part of growing up, and how to keep it from becoming war.
- Why Does My Teenager Lie About Where They Were?"I was at Sam's." But Sam's mum says they weren't. A calm guide for parents of teenagers who lie about where they go, why it happens, and a simple going-out agreement that builds safety and trust together.
- My Teenager Seems Lost: Committed One Week, Gone the NextCommitted one week, gone the next. Why a teenager can seem lost, the mistake many parents make by searching for the child who left, and how to help a teen draw their own identity from a distance.
- Why Did My Teenager Stop Telling Me Things?Why teenagers may stop telling parents things, and why more questions may close the door further. What research suggests about what teens choose to share.
- Teenager Won't Talk to You? Small Ways to ReconnectOne-word answers, a closed bedroom door, headphones always on. Before and after examples of everyday moments with a teenager who has gone quiet, and small ways to keep the door open without forcing it.
- My ADHD Teen Son: Six Moments That Look Like Bad BehaviourBlowups, jokes in class, "stop telling me what to do", the closed door, gaming until 2 a.m., the essay started at 10 p.m. Six moments in teen boys with ADHD, what each may be about, and what helps.
- When Your Son Says "I'm Such an Idiot": Fact, Then Story"I'm such an idiot." "I never finish anything." When a teen with ADHD turns every mistake into a verdict on himself, teach him to separate what happened from what he told himself it meant.
- "What's the Point of School?" When Your Teenage Son AsksYour teenage son asks why he should study at all. Why a speech won't answer him, what I did when my own son asked, and how to help a teenager find a reason of his own.
- Risky Choices, ADHD and Teen Boys: Dares, Driving and Online BlackmailTeen boys with ADHD act first and think later. That is great on a pitch and dangerous in a car or online. Three seconds of checking, three rules worth keeping, and what to do if someone blackmails your son with images.
- Your Teenage Daughter Needs an Embrace at Home. If She Doesn't Find It There, She Will Look OutsideA teenage girl who doesn't find warmth, respect and a voice at home will look for them outside, and that is where the danger is. What the mother gives, what the father gives, and what both must never do.
- ADHD in Teenage Girls: Why It Is Missed, and What It Looks Like at HomeADHD in girls is often quieter than in boys, so it is noticed later. Seven ways it can show up in a teenage daughter, what each one can look like at home, and what helps.
- My Daughter Is Fine at School and Falls Apart at Home. Why?Her teachers say she is no trouble. At home she cries, snaps or lies on her bed for an hour. Why many teenage girls hold it together all day, and what parents can do in the first hour after school.
- When Your Daughter Says "I'm So Stupid"Your teenage daughter calls herself stupid, ugly or a mess over small things. Why arguing doesn't work, why agreeing is worse, and how a light joke can take the weight out of it.
- My Daughter Replays One Comment All Night: Teenage Girls and FriendshipsOne word from a friend can ruin a teenage girl's day and keep her awake at night. Why friendships feel so high-stakes at this age, why you need to know her friends, and a simple rule for the night.
- Teenagers and Sleep: The Fight Hiding Under Other FightsMany morning fights, homework fights and short tempers in teenagers are sleep fights in disguise. How much sleep teens need, why their body clock runs late, and what the adults can change first.
- My Teenager Talks to a Chatbot: Phones, Social Media and the Rules at HomeMost teenagers now use chatbots as well as social media, and many are online almost constantly. What the numbers say, what a chatbot can't be for your child, and five rules that work better when the adults keep them too.
- My Daughter and Her Body: What to Say, and What Never to SayTeenage girls compare their bodies to everyone, online and off. Why home must be the one place she hears she is beautiful, how to encourage care without criticism, and the signs that need a doctor.
- Your Teenager's First Crush, and First HeartbreakA first crush can come at ten or at sixteen, and a first breakup can hurt like a real loss. What to say before, during and after, and why a teen who finds warmth at home looks for it less outside.
- My Teenager Refuses to Give Up the Phone. What Now?It's the agreed time and your teenager won't hand over the phone. Why you should never wrestle for it, how to switch the internet off instead, and the consequence that comes after.
- How Much Freedom Should a 15-Year-Old Have?Going out at weekends, friends you haven't met, coming home late: how much freedom is right at 15? A simple rule: freedom grows with responsibility shown, under your eye, directly and indirectly.