Teen Advice

When your child becomes the babysitter

By Josie Golden, Feb 17, 2012

That will teach me to be so smug and self-satisfied. There I was, bobbing along in a bubble of my own, and congratulating myself on the fact that at long last we felt our eldest child was old enough to be left in charge of his two younger siblings on the odd Saturday night.

Welcome to womanhood: Should you mark your daughter's first period?

By Olivia Gordon, Feb 14, 2012

A gift box to celebrate young girls’ first period is now on the market. Would you buy it for your daughter?

Are you a positive exercise role model? Teens and fun fitness

By Glynis Kozma, Dec 23, 2011

With a staggering one in three girls and one in four boys classed as obese by the age of nineteen - and that's medically obese, not simply overweight – isn't it every parent's duty to try to get their child moving?

Student beats meningitis four times

By parentdish.co.uk, Dec 5, 2011

A student has astounded doctors by beating meningitis four times. His family are now campaigning for better awareness

Young girls at risk from cruel comments "24 hours a day"

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 22, 2011

The annual conference of the Girls' Schools Association has heard that technology and peer pressure put young girls at risk of being subjected to cruel comments "24 hours a day".

Help! My teen wants a party

By Glynis Kozma, Oct 20, 2011

As the festive season looms the question every parent of teens dreads is, "Can if I have a party?" Of course even worse is not asking, so you come home one day and find your house trashed.

Talking to your kids about alcohol

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 18, 2011

Alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware will launch a campaign next week to highlight the issues surrounding children and alcohol.

Teenagers want a say in how sex education is taught in school

By Liz Stansfield, Oct 12, 2011

Teenagers would like to be more involved in deciding what content is included in sex education and how the subject is taught in school.

Do you know who your teen is talking to online?

By Glynis Kozma, Oct 3, 2011

Whether it's forums, FaceBook, texting or chat rooms, children are exposed to contact with other people who may not always be friendly. Even as an adult, it can be hard to shrug off less-than-friendly comments left on a forum, so what must it be like when you are a child?

My child isn't taking her schoolwork seriously

By Glynis Kozma, Sep 30, 2011

My 14-year-old daughter is constantly in detention at school because she has not done her homework.

How to get your teenager out of bed: Threaten them with FAT!

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Sep 29, 2011

Teenagers have long been noted for their love of lying in bed until lunchtime, whilst their despairing parents try everything short of blasting them with dynamite to rouse them from their pits.

Could your child be looking at Facebook pages condoning rape?

By Heather Sunderland, Sep 27, 2011

Thousands of people have signed a petition asking Facebook to remove pages such as 'you know she's playing hard to get when you're chasing her down an alley', which condone and trivialise rape and violence against women.