Articles Tagged: SurvivingTeenagers
Surviving Teenagers or Why no one talks at breakfast
Breakfast in our house is like a meeting of the undead. My teenagers crash about with wild hair and glazed eyes, uttering ...
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Surviving Teenagers or How to cope when they are revising
We've got two lots of exams in the house this year - our 18-year-old is doing A levels and our 16-year-old GCSEs. That means ...
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Surviving Teenagers or How to cope with sibling rivalry
You couldn't open a paper last week without reading about poor David Miliband. There he was, favourite for the Labour ...
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Surviving Teenagers or Are they all addicted to screens?
I'm worried by how much time my teenagers spend staring at screens. But it's hard to know whether they're addicted or just ...
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Surviving Teenagers or Why life is so unfair
'No one likes teenagers,' says my 16-year-old daughter. 'Everyone thinks they make trouble. It's so unfair.' If teenagers ...
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Surviving Teenagers or What can you do about alcohol?
A friend of mine received a call at midnight from the daughter she thought was on a sedate sleepover with a group of other ...
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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 trainers, he squashed his feet ...
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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 meals. Stop hitting your ...
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