Latest thoughts

A fascinating and slightly sobering survey was released this week, analysing current students’ health-So what do I as a parent, and you, as parents, carers, teachers and in other vital roles working with teens, need to know?

“You’re not my friend anymore!” is possibly one of the most stressful things a person can hear - whether they are in the playground aged 5 or a middle-aged adult.

With a lot of focus recently on smartphones, social media and mental health (again!) I thought I would read the latest articles and research and see where we are with it all.

There is more awareness of vegetarian (and vegan) diets and more children are following these diets. Here are my top tips for staying healthy.

A blog about dealing with the sometimes challenging issue of having one strong cultural identity at home, whilst the outside world promotes a different culture.

It’s fair to say that some teenagers do have an on/off relationship with their toothbrushes and dental hygiene in general. So how much does this matter and what has it got to do with mental health?