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    Spotty Dotty Study Nook For Teens
    Home & Decor

Spotty Dotty Study Nook For Teens

Help your teen get in the mood for study with a calm and stylish study nook.

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    Give the Gift of Reading!
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Give the Gift of Reading!

Beautiful books make brilliant gifts, and Puffin have great gifting options for all ages. From board books to chapter books, they’ve got all readers covered!

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    Inspo For Updating Your Tween’s Bedroom
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Inspo For Updating Your Tween’s Bedroom

The transition of your child to tween is an ideal time to clean out their room and update it to reflect the changes they are going through. Get some inspo here!

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Norton 360 Premium – Simplifying Online Safety

Norton 360 Premium protects your whole family when browsing online. See what our editor had to say about using it in her own home.

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    Tweens to teens

Choosing The Right Car For Your Teen To Drive

Young drivers are six times more likely to be involved in an accident, so the safer the car, the safer they are. Find out how you can determine the safest car for your teen to drive.

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    Helping Your Teen Stay Safe On The Roads
    Tweens to teens

Helping Your Teen Stay Safe On The Roads

The first six to 12 months of driving alone are the most risky, so we've picked up some tips to help parents guide their teen driver to stay safe on the roads.

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    Easy Meals Teens Can Make Themselves
    Food, Tweens to teens

Easy Meals Teens Can Make Themselves

When your teen is ready for some independence, ensure they are armed with at least a small repertoire of easy dinners that they can make themselves.

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    Life Skills Every Teen Needs Before Leaving Home
    Tweens to teens

Life Skills Every Teen Needs Before Leaving Home

Whether you start building these skills up from their tween years (or earlier), or you do a last minute dash before they fly the coop, here's some of the life skills that will stand them in good stead.

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    When Kids are Exposed to Distressing Online Content
    School Age, Tweens to teens

When Kids are Exposed to Distressing Online Content

If children or young people have been exposed to the footage of the Christchurch attack, they can be upset or confused about what they may have seen.

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    What Parents Need to Know About Instagram
    Tweens to teens

What Parents Need to Know About Instagram

Know how to talk to your teens about Instagram with Netsafe's new Parent’s Guide to Instagram including tips to help parents understand the tools available to make sure their experience is positive, inspirational and safe.

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    Am I old enough yet?
    School Age, Tweens to teens

Am I old enough yet?

Do you know what the legal ages are that apply to kids and youth, for things like getting a job, being responsible for crime, or being left home alone?

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    Period topics to discuss with your kids
    Tweens to teens

Period topics to discuss with your kids

You’d be surprised how many girls aren’t prepared for their first periods and how much misinformation about menstruation they retain.

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    Boys need to be educated about periods too
    Tweens to teens

Boys need to be educated about periods too

Educating girls and boys about periods is essential to promoting self-esteem and healthy body images in both sexes.

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    When your partner gives your teen an alcoholic drink
    Tweens to teens

When your partner gives your teen an alcoholic drink

When it comes to alcohol, it's important to put up a united front as parents.

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    How to talk about alcohol with your teens
    Tweens to teens

How to talk about alcohol with your teens

Setting boundaries related to alcohol consumption can be some of the most challenging of all parent to teen talks. Dr Justin Coulson offers some advice on how to handle the issue.

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    Helping your teen overcome peer pressure to drink alcohol
    Tweens to teens

Helping your teen overcome peer pressure to drink alcohol

Peer pressure can influence teens to do something they wouldn’t usually do or stop them from doing something they would like to do.

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    Teen sexuality: When teens go boy/girl crazy
    Tweens to teens

Teen sexuality: When teens go boy/girl crazy

Puberty creates some interesting challenges for teenagers and their parents. One of the most ‘interesting’ of these challenges is the crazy rush of hormones that can drive our teens boy- or girl-crazy.

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    Stages of puberty in boys
    Tweens to teens

Stages of puberty in boys

Every boy is different, but below are some of the most common changes to look out for to help you know when your son is entering puberty.

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    Dispel the myths about the birds & the bees
    Tweens to teens

Dispel the myths about the birds & the bees

Most children will have picked up things from the media or from whispers in the playground about sex, so parents need to have a frank discussion so their children are getting reliable information.

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    A guide to teaching your teenager to drive
    Tweens to teens

A guide to teaching your teenager to drive

Have a teen itching to drive? This guide tells you the steps you have to go through, how you can help, and where you can get advice.

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    Surviving your teen’s first love
    Tweens to teens

Surviving your teen’s first love

Remember when you first had a girl or boyfriend? Here are our top tips to help you communicate with your teen about their first love.

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    Educating our children about domestic violence
    Health, Kidspot

Educating our children about domestic violence

The domestic violence statistics are horrifying. Something needs to change. And it needs to start with educating our children.

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    Is your teen sexting?
    Tweens to teens

Is your teen sexting?

A new report suggests that sexting is rife amongst teens. Should parents be worried about this and what can we do about it?

  • teenager
    When puberty moves in
    Tweens to teens

When puberty moves in

"She sat by the huge array and quite overwhelmed, smelt every deodorant I handed to her. After sniffing approximately 26, she settled on one with an oddly grown up name that makes her giggle a lot."

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    Sex education & contraception choices
    Tweens to teens

Sex education & contraception choices

Having the sex talk can be a little tricky, but it is important you talk to your teen as it is just another way to help teach them to protect themselves as they grow up and become adults.

  • Menstrual products
    A change in menstrual products
    Health

A change in menstrual products

Lots of women however, are looking at something a little different and giving reusable menstrual products a go. What are the options if you want to try reusable sanitary products?

  • upset teen
    The danger signs of teenage depression
    Tweens to teens

The danger signs of teenage depression

Depression amongst teenagers is believed to be at similar rates to adults. Dr Justin Coulson explains the danger signs to look for.

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    Raising a psychologically healthy teenager
    Tweens to teens

Raising a psychologically healthy teenager

As your child moves towards being a teenager, they may have self-esteem issues. Find parenting advice on how to raise a psychologically healthy teenager.

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    Treating acne scars
    Tweens to teens

Treating acne scars

The best way to prevent acne scarring is to prevent breakouts. But, if scarring does occur, there are steps you can take to treat them.

  • Visiting a doctor
    Teen confidentiality: Sex, drugs and doctor’s appointments
    Tweens to teens

Teen confidentiality: Sex, drugs and doctor’s appointments

We drum into our kids that they need to talk, to somebody they trust, just get it out … but are we really letting go enough to allow them to do that?

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