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- Feed Preview Teens – Sarah Ockwell-Smith
No, it’s not their hormones! The real reason parents struggle with teen behaviour (and what to do about it).
“It’s their hormones!” If you raise a concern about your young person in a group of other parents, I can guarantee that within a minute talk will turn to hormones. If your young person is m...
The last Christmas toy – why the festive season hits different when you have teenagers
The following is a short excerpt from my new book ‘How to Raise a Teen‘: Have you ever thought about the last time you did something with your young person (YP)? When they are little, we comm...
What is Childism? and why should we all be talking about it?
What exactly is Childism? In short it’s about the discrimination of children in our society. It’s about the fact that child rights should be human rights, and yet children are treated in ways...
10 Top Tips to Help Shy, or Introverted, Children
So, what can you do if you have a shy child, or suspect that you are raising an introvert - to help them to embrace, not feel embarrassed about, who they are? Here are my top ten tips:
https://sarahockwell-smith.com/2021/05/20/10-top-tips-to-help-shy-or-introverted-children/
Why Fear and Compliance is not the Same as Respect when Disciplining Children
Our society is obsessed with children respecting adults. As children get older, our focus on this respect for elders increases. We tolerate what we deem as 'disrespectful behaviour' from toddlers...
How to Raise a Financially Literate Child
So many adults today have a poor understanding of personal finance concepts, and I think this lack of knowledge – among other causes – plays a big part in the levels of personal debt and fina...
https://sarahockwell-smith.com/2021/04/14/how-to-raise-a-financially-literate-child/
Why You Should Make a First Period Box for Your Tween Daughter (and what to include in it)
Making up a ‘first period box’ for girls, before they start their periods (known as menarche), helps them to feel prepared and by demystifying products that they may use, the whole experience...
Why Children are Never Naughty (and what really causes their problem behaviour)
Children (whatever age!) are never just "naughty". There is ALWAYS a reason for their behaviour. Naughty is the tip of the iceberg, it is a wholly inadequate word to describe what the child is ex...
10 Ways to be LGBTQ+ Supportive When Raising Children
Those in the UK who attended school between 1988 and 2003 would have been affected by Margaret Thatcher’s government’s Section 28. This was a clause prohibiting councils and, most importantly...
https://sarahockwell-smith.com/2021/03/09/10-ways-to-be-lgbtq-supportive-when-raising-children/
Preparing Tweens for the Transition to Secondary/High School
Did you know that the transition to secondary school is considered to be one of the most stressful life event for children? There are many things that you can do to help to prepare your tween tho...