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How to Get Kids to Help at Home – And why it matters more than clean floors
Only about 70% of parents say their kids do chores. This means 30% of us are doing it all ourselves. If it feels hard to get kids involved at home, that’s because... it absolutely is. They have a different set of priorities than we do. So, why even bother?The research...
When to Worry: What’s Normal and What’s Not
The adolescent years are a time of intense change. Brains are remodelling, hormones are surging and identities are forming. We expect ups and downs. But if our once-chatty teen suddenly goes quiet, and is unwilling to come out of their room, we worry. If our once...
Sleep Tips for Adolescence: What the world’s leading clinics want parents to know
If your adolescent is tired all the time, you’re not imagining it, and you’re not alone. Between shifting body clocks, rising academic stress, and constant screen time, sleep is one of the first things to suffer. According to the Sleep Health Foundation, primary...
Connecting with Tweens
Michelle Mitchell and Dani Vee chat about her new book TWEENS. They talk about this time being the most rapid period of development for a child, the difference between concrete and formal thinkers and how we can improve our connections with our tweens. They also chat...
What Every Parent Needs to Hear: Tween Special
Lucy and Kel bring you the complete, unmissable conversations from their week with parenting expert and author Michelle Mitchell. If you’re raising an 8–12-year-old and feeling a little overwhelmed, this is the episode you didn’t know you needed. Michelle covers...
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