Teens
Surviving Teenagers or Why nothing belongs to you any more
My 17-year-old is watering the neighbour's plants (for a fee). One evening, unable to find his ...Read more
Surviving Teenagers or Why you never know where they are
Years ago, when I was a teenager, arrangements stuck. You met at 7pm outside the cinema, or at 11am ...Read more
Would you let your child start a blog?
My ten year old daughter approached me with that pleading gleam in her eye. What was she after this ...Read more
Surviving Teenagers or Why it's pointless to give advice
It was different when they were little. Everything seemed so clear-cut. Don't eat sweets between ...Read more
Nearly half of young girls in UK feel guilty about what they eat
Four in ten girls aged 11 to 15 feel guilty about what they eat – and many are on and off ...Read more
Surviving Teenagers or Why they make you feel so incredibly old
Babies make you look young. New life, fertility, spring lambs. Children under 12 make you look ...Read more
Parents enjoy life more when their children leave home
Do you weep at the mere idea of your children leaving home? Do you fear that you'll be left feeling ...Read more
Sleepovers: Sweet dreams or midnight mayhem?
Some people love Marmite; some people can't stand it. Some people love Jeremy Clarkson (or so I'm ...Read more
Study finds link between internet addiction and teen depression
Teenagers who are addicted to the internet are more than twice as likely to suffer from depression, ...Read more
Surviving Teenagers or Why do they file everything on the floor?
My 19-year-old has just come home. He's back for a few weeks before he disappears off to university. ...Read more
New figures show 1,000 girls on the Pill by the age of 12
Doctors are prescribing the oral contraceptive to increasing numbers of girls aged just 11 and 12, ...Read more
