Talking to Teens About Body Image and Healthy Eating
“Are you sure you want to eat that?” For many teens, adolescence is a period marked by self-consciousness about body image, and it can be daunting for parents to find the right words to say when...
View ArticleNew Research Suggests The Rate Of Suicide And Suicidal Thoughts Among...
Severe mental illness is challenging enough for adults to manage. Many spend years seeking treatment before they find something that works. For children, the picture is even grimmer. New research...
View ArticleMore Than A Third Of Teenage Girls Experience Depression, New Study Says
Depression is usually considered an issue parents have to watch out for starting in the turbulent teenage years. The CW channel, full of characters with existential angst about school, friends and...
View ArticleThe Secret Social Media Lives Of Teenagers
Earlier this week, Harvard University revealed that it had rescinded admissions offers to at least 10 students who shared offensive images within what they thought was a private Facebook group chat....
View ArticleHow To Tell If Social Media Is Giving You Anxiety
With around half of the Australian population logging into Facebook on a daily basis (yes, that’s 12.2 million of us), it’s safe to say social media plays a large role in many of our everyday lives. Of...
View ArticlePractical Tips For Keeping Kids Safe On Social Media
When a new study surfaced a few weeks ago revealing that, of all the major social media networks, Instagram was the most detrimental to young people’s mental health, it made alarmist news headlines...
View ArticleWhy Bullied Children Are Reluctant To Seek Help From Teachers
In Australia, approximately one student in five is bullied at school every few weeks or more often. Many of these students suffer serious emotional and psychological harm, such as persistent anxiety,...
View ArticleMindful Parenting: How to Raise Kind and Conscious Teens
Parents can often find themselves more distracted by their devices than their teens. This is especially true during the slow moments throughout our day. Slow moments are those moments where you can be...
View ArticleAm I Normal? The Top Five Problems Raised by Teens
Navigating life as a teenager can be hard, and when you need support, asking for it can be the biggest challenge. One tool – an app called MeeTwo – offers a way to seek help from behind a screen. It...
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Disabled Teens Suffering the Mental Health Effects of Bullying
Almost half of the poorer mental health we see in teenagers with a disability is due to bullying, our new research shows. If we could stop the high levels of bullying that adolescents with a disability...
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