Leaving home: how a parent prepares for the empty room
A child rarely leaves in a single day — and a parent doesn't say goodbye all at once either. On grief before the leaving, handing things over in the last year, the…
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The teenage years from the parents' side. Posts on boundaries, screens, school, first loves and struggles - and on when it is time to get help.
How to talk to your teenager about mental health
Conversations with a teenager about mental health don't happen at the table, but in the car and in the bathroom doorway. What to say when they arrive with a self-diagnosis, how to…
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When to take a teenager to a therapist: signs, routes and what if they refuse
Is it still puberty or is it distress? Three criteria to help you judge, signs not to wait on, where to turn in Slovenia, and how to suggest help to your teenager…
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When your teenager tells you who they love: sexual orientation and support at home
When a teenager tells their parents about their sexual orientation, they are not just sharing a fact but asking whether home is still safe. What happens in them and in you —…
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When a teenager lies: what lies beneath
Most teenagers lie to their parents at some point. Why they do it, what a lie says about the relationship, and how to respond so that next time it is easier to…
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A teenager who isn't interested in anything: what lies beneath
In a teenager, “I'm not interested in anything” is rarely an accurate description. How interest actually develops, when it is a search for identity and when it is distress — and what…
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Perfectionism in teenagers: when grades are the only measure of worth
When a teenager experiences a good grade as a failure, it isn't ambition, it's fear. Where perfectionism in young people comes from, what children hear from parents and how you can help.
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Teenagers and sleep: why they go to bed at two and what it means
When a teenager can't fall asleep at night or get up in the morning, it is biology first, not stubbornness. What happens to the body clock and how you can help as…
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A teenage girl and her body: what a parent can do
Within a few years a girl moves from a body she lives in to a body she watches. What she hears at home, and what a parent can do so that home…
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When parents divorce: what a teenager really needs
Teenagers understand divorce better than younger children — which is exactly why they are easier to catch between parents. What helps them, and which roles they should never be given.
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