There are plenty of frustrated parents out there who are tired of hearing their child grunt 'professional gamer' whenever they are asked about future ambitions. Pro gamer? Is that even a thing? Or is wanting to become a professional gamer simply an excuse to play...
My new research investigated tweens and social media and the issues they face when engaging with social media platforms. It reveals that while children are aware of dangers such as online predators, what tweens are being taught by parents and schools may overlook the...
TVs, gaming consoles, tablets, phones and the screen time issues they throw up in our families would have to be the Achilles heel of modern parenting. I'd hazard a guess that various screen time issues are the biggest reasons for fights between parents and teens and...
Welcome to consent! Have you had the consent talk with your teen yet? It's very, very important that you do: click here to find out all the reasons why. To further help you along, Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang (of Welcome to Your Period fame) have just released...
So many of us have experienced the heartache of learning that our tween or teen is being bullied. In fact, three in five Australian kids will experience bullying at school or online. It's a painful feeling of helplessness, sadness and dread. We know how this is...
There's no denying that our kids are experiencing something of an 'anxiety crisis'. Reports have found that anxiety is on the increase among kids of every age. That's not surprising, given the uncertain times we are living in. More than ever, parents have been...
Most kids need/want dollars, but often it's hard to find the cash to pay one, two, three or more kids the kind of "pocket money" that keeps up with everything they need/want. So finding a way for tweens and teens to make money outside of the home is pretty...
Following the huge success of our original Netflix series for tweens and teens round up, we've pulled together a load of new TV shows for tweens to get stuck into. There are lesser-known - but just as fab - shows to suit this tricky age group. I'm really happy to...
Happy new year! I know, I'm slow with my happies this year. We've been away climbing in the (non)snowy mountains (where I achieved the unimaginable) and doing beachy things down the south coast of NSW. Matter of fact, we had so much on in the first few weeks of the...
It's the hooooolidays. Hello holidays! Cue head scratching to figure out some good things for tweens to do at home! I work from home which is a holiday blessing and a curse. A blessing because hello kids and a curse because hello kids. My kids are older now and...
We recently published an extract from Dr Ginni Mansberg and Jo Lamble's new book The New Teen Age that really struck a chord with many readers. After reading about the impact of reduced sleep on teens, a few mums even wrote to us to say that they were now freaking...
I've called these besto scrolls because they are simply the best pesto and cheese scrolls ever. You may not have known there was a hierarchy of pesto scrolls, but there is. Let me tell you, these ones are at the top of the heap. There are quite a number of reasons for...
Teen parties are terrifying. While in most states it's actually not illegal to serve alcohol to minors in your home*, it's not what most parents want. I don't know about you, but I have zero interest in young kids getting smashed in my backyard. Which is why, despite...
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