How to deal with the hurt when your teenager pulls away from you, how online gaming leads to online gambling, and helping your kids transition to high school.
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful resources from around the web on educating and raising children, and supporting families.
Parents often feel hurt when their teenagers pull away. Here are some ways to make the phase easier
(Anna Kelsey-Sugg and Shevonne Hunt, Life Matters)
Your relationship with your child can change suddenly when they become teenagers, and when they pull away for you, it can hurt, even if it’s a perfectly natural part of their growth.
Which, of course, it is. Clinical psychologist Cher McGillivray says children can find this phase – called ‘identity versus role confusion – tough as well.
This article explores the importance of not taking it personally, and how parents can help their teenager move through the different developmental stages.
Read the full articleStarting high school can be a tricky time for teenagers. Read Bec Sparrow's top tips on how to help them make the transition
Bec Sparrow (Parental as Anything Teens)
‘What advice did your parents give you before you started high school?’ asks Bec Sparrow.
Most people draw a blank when she asks them that question, she says, but times are different today, and the transition to secondary can be one of the tricky time for adolescents.
Bec provides her top tips for parents of kids about to make the big step.
Read the full articleHow online gaming purchases led a young Australian into a secret gambling addiction
(Natasha May, The Guardian)
Does your child play computer games with ‘loot boxes’?
Loot boxes are in-game purchases linked to chance and they can be a gateway to online gambling, warns this article.
While new government guidelines mean that games with loot boxes now have a minimum rating of M (R18+ for casino-like games) that doesn’t mean kids will be blocked from playing them.
The research shows that kids who play games with simulated gambling games are more likely to try the real thing when they turn 18 or have gambling problems later in life.
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