Top Ten Tricks to Outsmart your Teen – Trick Two

Back again. Now that we have figured out how to get them to co-operate with us, let’s work on getting them to get along with each other. Trick Two: Bickering Siblings – Making it End without Committing a Felony Oh, those dulcet sounds of sibling communication – otherwise known as

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Do you dare to look at your teenager’s Facebook page?

  Do you dare to look at your teenager’s Facebook page? Today our children unwittingly create a full, often photographic, record of their youthful indiscretions, thanks to Facebook, MSN and other social networking sites; a world away from our own childhoods, where mistakes could be left behind as we grew

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The First Boyfriend and the Art of Subtle Supervision

The first boyfriend: not among my favourite things. He is about as welcome as aphids on roses, and fleas on kittens; copper kettle build up, and wet woolen mittens. You see, in the back of my mind stills lingers an image of my 15 year old, secretly playing with Barbies,

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