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Type 1 Diabetes in Teenagers: Managing Transition and Independence
Most parents of children with type 1 diabetes brace for adolescence, and most still find it harder than they were ready for. The technical management...
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Teenage Substance Use: Alcohol, Cannabis and Vaping -- What Parents Should Know
Discovering that a teenager is using substances -- whether it's the smell of alcohol, finding a vape, or noticing that their eyes are red -- produces...
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Social Anxiety in Teenagers: More Than Shyness
Most teenagers feel some degree of nervousness about social situations -- about fitting in, about being judged, about saying the wrong thing. Adolesce...
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Self-Harm in Teenagers: Understanding It and How to Help
Discovering that a teenager is self-harming is one of the most frightening experiences a parent can face. The instinct is often to react with alarm, t...
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Period Pain in Teenagers: When Is It Normal and When Is It Not
Period pain is so common among teenage girls that it is often dismissed -- by parents, by friends, and sometimes by healthcare professionals -- as som...
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Emotions
Peer Pressure: How to Help Children Navigate It
Conversations about peer pressure tend to focus on resistance: teaching children to say no, to walk away, to choose better friends. This isn't wrong,...
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OCD in Children and Teenagers: Recognising It and Finding Help
A 13-year-old's parents notice she's spending 45 minutes in the shower in the morning and again at night. The water bill is up. There's a missing patc...
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Family Life
Gaming and Children: Health, Benefits, Risks and Boundaries
Gaming occupies an odd place in parenting conversations: it generates more heat than almost any other screen-related topic, but the evidence base is l...
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Fainting in Children and Teenagers: Causes, Assessment and Management
Watching a child faint is frightening, especially the first time. They may go pale and sweaty with warning, or it may seem to come from nowhere. They...
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Emotions
Eating Disorders in Young People: Early Signs and How to Help
Eating disorders rarely arrive with an announcement. The changes are usually slow enough that parents notice something is wrong before they can put a...
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Delayed Puberty: When Puberty Hasn't Started When Expected
Being two years behind your friends in physical development, in the years when peer comparison is at its most brutal, is genuinely hard. Most teenager...
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ADHD in Teenagers: Managing School, Relationships and Independence
ADHD in adolescence looks different from ADHD in childhood. The visible hyperactivity that had your 7-year-old climbing the back of the sofa often goe...
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