Glynis Kozma

Features writer

Glynis has written two books: Secondary School, a guide for parents, and Leaving Home, a guide for young people. She writes on parenting, education and relationships for most of the nationals, including The Times and the Guardian, as well as a variety of parenting magazines and websites. She has a son and daughter who have both recently graduated.

Should 13-year-olds be given the pill?

By Glynis Kozma, May 3, 2012

How would you feel if your 13-year-old daughter was to pop into your local pharmacy and ask for the pill and be given it? And you would never know, of course.

The trouble with maths

By Glynis Kozma, Mar 22, 2012

Maths. How does that word make you feel? Do you squirm when you remember how you struggled with simultaneous equations at school, do you reach for the calculator the moment you have to find a percentage, and does your child’s maths homework leave you feeling totally inadequate? If so, you are not alone.

It's just a phase...

By Glynis Kozma, Mar 18, 2012

"It's just a phase". These were the reassuring words my mum used to say whenever I was worried, angry, frustrated, apoplectic- choose one- about something my children had done.

How much? The cost of a degree

By Glynis Kozma, Mar 14, 2012

Will the rise in tuition fees prevent your child from going to university? As parents we are used to dipping our hands in our pockets and paying for our children. But have you thought about the cost of university?

Did your relationship with your mother change once you became a mum?

By Glynis Kozma, Mar 5, 2012

My mum always insists that I phone her as soon as I am home. Sometimes she tries to press food onto me, even though the journey, which I've been doing for over 30 years, is under four hours.