Morning Peeps! Anyone out there with exam kids? I took my baby girl to her college open day yesterday! We're in the midst of mock exams, college applications and real-world changes. The college was great by the way, definitely has the courses she wants/needs. She received her NI number in the post this morning (for [...]
Tag: teenagers
Parenting Almost-Grow-Ups
Howdy Peeps! Been crazy here today so I apologise for late post. I started busy and over-booked my morning. I've been waking the teenager up half hour earlier this term as she wanted to have tine for yoga and Spanish revision. To start with it was a struggle (for both of us) but this last [...]
Big Trust Steps
Howdy Sunday Peeps! Y'all know I have a teenager, she's pretty great and easy-going, but there are always parenting decisions to make. There have been a couple of times recently when she's asked to go somewhere we haven't been, or go further away on the bus with friends, or to stay out later. We only [...]
International Youth Day
Morning Peeps! Happy Youth Day! 🙂 I love working with teenagers, they teach me as I teach them. They'll explain the latest slang/text abbreviation/dance craze without hesitation and tell you exactly what they think/feel about certain things. We should be encouraging them to speak up more, not telling them to hush. So many young people [...]
Bedtime
Well Hello There Peeps! I was talking to a friend yesterday about teenagers and sleep and hadn't realised before that conversation that I was doing anything she would find surprising, so I thought I'd share with you and see what you think. My daughter and her boy are similar ages and she said he needs [...]