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Be your child’s emotional coach

Posted April 7th 2010

Give your children the tools to manage their own emotions, says clinical psychologist Dr Stephen Briers, and you’ll prime them to become confident, well-adjusted adults

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The broadband generation

Posted March 31st 2010, by Laura Bond

A 10-year-study released today, looks at the psychological effects of growing-up digital

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The sibling bond

Posted March 26th 2010

We all know that our parents shape our personalities, but, says psychologist Dorothy Rowe, we often overlook how much our identity is influenced by our siblings.

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Why Generation Me is better than you think

Posted March 23rd 2010, by Rebecca Alexander

I like teenagers. The handful I know are generally friendly, polite and interested in the world around them. But this is rarely the image portrayed in the media. Rather, today’s teens, know as Generation Me or GenY, are often described as egotistical, self-absorbed, work shy, disaffected slackers. Even better if they’re violent, rude, binge-drinking, decorated [...]

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How to parent according to birth order

Posted March 23rd 2010

Birth-order parenting expert, Michael Grose, tells us about the preventative measures and pitfalls of parenting according to birth order.

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Do our children need more freedom?

Posted March 4th 2010

As the ‘spare the rod spoil the child’ philosophy grows ever more popular with the parenting experts, are we in danger of dampening our children’s curiosity and need to challenge authority?

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