By: Rachel Doherty
Bullying can be a difficult issue for parents to deal with, but when we boil it down to its basics, it’s all about power.
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40 Social Skills Every Child Needs to Master for Success
By: Rachel Doherty
Social skills are a set of actions we need to get on with others and navigate life. Parents, youth workers and school chaplains are well placed to help children and teenagers not only develop them, but keep them too.
Curfews: Using Limits with Teens
By: Rachel Doherty
Curfews can be a useful way for parents to influence the behaviour of their teens. Especially when they’re making poor choices or hitting the party scene.
How to Teach Your Kids to Be an Entrepreneur
By: Rachel Doherty
Parents can teach a child to be an entrepreneur by giving them a chance to develop business skills. That happens best through trial and error.
How to Stop Feeling Like a Guilty Parent in the School Holidays
By: Rachel Doherty
The parent guilt of letting teenagers and children spend the school holidays glued to a screen is real. But what’s wrong with letting our kids be a little lazy?
Managing Mental Health in the Last Year of School
By: Rachel Doherty
Finishing school carries a lot of stress for teenagers. Where they’ve had some depression, anxiety or other mental ill-health, Year 12 can be too much.
Is Loyalty Dead? Family Life in an Unfaithful World
By: Rachel Doherty
Loyalty seems a discarded value in the 21st century world. But what if it’s essential to good family functioning and effective parenting?
How to Tell It’s Time for Kids to Quit Sport: 10 Helpful Signs
By: Rachel Doherty
When a child or teenager says they want to quit their sport, it won’t be the first sign to parents that they’re ready to go.
Little Things That Make a Big Difference to the Mental Health of Young People
By: Rachel Doherty
Youth mental health is a big issue, but for parents, youth workers, families and friends, the little things you say and do can make the biggest difference.
Making Self-Care Work: 10 Things You Can Do Right Now
By: Rachel Doherty
What started as a weight loss goal became a journey of self-care. 20kg later, and its not just my body that’s changed, but my whole life!