“Mum can I stay home, please. We know there is something wrong but they just won’t talk- to anyone. Many times, the first time we notice our teen is different is when they withdraw from us and their life. They seem to spend so much time in their room, watching YouTube or playing video…
Read MoreSo, your 16-year-old daughter wants to have her boyfriend over for a sleepover? It can be doing difficult to navigate sexuality and intimacy with teens of this generation as this ” hook up ” mentality leaves us parents feeling that teens are far too gung ho and blaze about sex and that they don’t give it…
Read MoreReconnecting With Your Teen: Support for Parent–Teen Conflict in Logan & Shailer Park When your teen suddenly paints you as the “bad guy,” even when you feel you’ve done nothing wrong, it can be painful and confusing. Teenagers can create narratives influenced by stress, emotional overwhelm, or even the agendas of other adults—and this can…
Read MoreInvesting in resilience talk with your kids We all can recognise gaps in our psychological nurturing as children, just as our parents recognise the gaps in theirs and, hopefully, breaking that chain of repetition becomes part of our new parenting permutation. We never fully get there. Sometimes we slip back into the behaviours…
Read MoreWhat do you do when you have a loving but disrespectful teen ? It seems to go with the territory of having this wonderful, feisty, caring, smart, and dynamic child doesn’t it ? Teen attitude, teenage defiance, and parent-teen conflict become part of daily life. She will argue until she is blue in the face…
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Read MoreWhat can you do if your teen has a boyfriend you don’t like? It can be such a source of tension between you and your teen, especially if they are keen on them. Parents have very good radar when it comes to the type of characters that come into their kid’s lives to influence them.…
Read MoreFirst 15 min consultation free Click to Call – speak directly with a Logan counsellor / Shailer Park counsellor
Read MoreMedicate or not to medicate…. that is the question? Boy am I tired. Yes, fed up to the back teeth, of the divisive, useless, arguments around depression and use of medication. Sure, most people know by now that serious psychiatric disorders require medication. When your sister is telling you that she was born with the…
Read MoreSeven Quick Tips for Talking to Your Teen (How to improve communication and build connection with your teenager) If you’re searching for how to talk to your teen, improve communication with your teenager, or why teens shut down when parents talk, these seven quick tips will help build trust, reduce conflict, and make conversations easier.…
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