Confidence & Motivation
Nurturing confidence and motivation encourages your child to set realistic goals and celebrate their achievements.
Exam Nerves
Students need to take responsibility for when to study and when to socialise.
Respectful Relationships
Respectful relationships involve valuing each other's thoughts, feelings and boundaries, fostering open communication and empathy.
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity celebrates the natural variation in human cognition, embracing unique minds and perspectives.
The State of Youth Mental Health
<p>Recent studies indicate rising mental health disorders among young people.</p>
Bullying
Bullying, harassment, discrimination and violence are behaviours that can contribute to negative social environments.
Online Gaming
Many parents are concerned about the addictive effects of gaming, however not all gaming should be viewed negatively.
Managing Screen Time
Parents play an important role in modelling a positive screen use approach by establishing some ground rules.
Understanding Adolescence
Parenting adolescents can be exhausting and often demanding, but no parent has all of the answers all of the time.
Friendship & Belonging
Loyal friendships are built upon teaching your child to be a good friend and the traits necessary to maintain friendships.
Raising Girls
Girls need positive role models. However, many parents are projecting gender bias onto their daughters without realising it.
Raising Boys
Raising boys can be challenging, but also rewarding, and shouldn't be considered the same as they do have individual differences.
School Refusal
School refusal is not considered to be a mental illness. It’s considered to be more of an emotional or behavioural problem.
Happiness & Gratitude
Practising gratitude is often associated with happiness. It’s a state of wellbeing that encompasses living a good life.
Resilience
Fostering resilience requires strengthening family, community and children's own resources.
Blended Families
Being a parent is difficult, but being a step-parent is a whole new challenge. It is the fastest growing demographic.
Positive Parenting
Because parenting doesn't come with instructions, there is no such thing as the 'perfect parent'.
Trauma
Kids will display varying degrees of psychological trauma depending on their age, personality and past experiences.
Grief & Loss
Grief is like a fingerprint, it's unique to everyone, and so is the way you process it.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness can help children calm their minds and make the most of their life.
Sleep
Teenagers are the most sleep-deprived demographic, an under-recognised problem.
Body Image
Children today are exposed to more discussion about body image than previous generations.
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are the biggest killers of any psychiatric illness for young people.
Physical Activity & Exercise
Exercise improves cognitive function, elevates mood & improves learning.
Diet & Nutrition
Diet has a direct affect on brain development, learning & academic outcomes.
School Transitions
Starting prep, transitioning to secondary or even starting a new school can be stressful.
Internet Addiction
Young people today don’t have the maturity to use their digital devices responsibly.
Online Pornography
Parents feel ill-equipped to have conversations around pornography with their kids.
Digital Wellbeing
What kids do and post online, the sites they visit and the things they say is permanent.
Sexting
Sexting has rewound from teens and seeped into the playgrounds of primary schools.
Cyberbullying
Victims and witnesses should be encouraged to stand up to the aggressors.
Suicide & Self Harm
Self-harm is often used by young people as a way to cope with negative experiences.
Depression
Low self-esteem is often flagged as a predictor of adolescent depression.
Youth Anxiety
Untreated anxiety disorders in children can lead to more serious issues in adulthood.
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