How to de-stress a teenager
Nicola Morgan, author of ‘The Teenage Guide To Stress’, offers some pointers
Parenting
Five factors that influence how easily your children make friends
What makes it easier or more difficult for you child to make friends?
Can you really do it all?
How do you keep all the plates spinning, asks Ilona Boniwell, mother of four teenagers and a baby, Psychologies’ parenting expert and one of most respected positive psychologists in the world? She tells us how she attempts it – for starters, get the kids to help
How to let go of parental guilt
Got toddlers in the house? Are you feeling a bit overwhlemed that you’re not on top of it all, all the time? Here are four tips to help you feel you’re doing the best you can
How our mothers shape us into adulthood
In order to establish happy relationships in adult life, we need to untangle the emotional patterns passed down from our mothers
Is dad setting a good example?
Fathers who share household chores have a positive impact on their daughters’ views on gender equality
Helping your children cope with your divorce
Psychologist and childcare expert Penelope Leach discusses how to minimise the impact of family breakdown for children
When your family grows up
Penny Mansfield, director of One Plus One, explains how to reinforce your connection as a couple
How to deal with other people’s children
How do you respond when other people’s children are rude and inconsiderate? When you go out for a meal and there are kids yelling and running around the restaurant, or your own children bring friends home who backchat – or worse – what should your response be, and what does that response say about you? Clem Felix investigates
