(Un)traditional family Christmas
How the traditional nuclear family is changing to encompass step-parents, half siblings and adopted children
Parenting
Foster your child’s friendships
Check out these handy tips for helping your children to be happier in their friendships
What to do when it turns out your perfect family is not so perfect
What do you do when you find out your teenager has been lying and taking drugs? Psychologist Ilona Boniwell, mother to four teenagers and a baby, is appalled to face this exact challenge in her family
How to de-stress a teenager
Nicola Morgan, author of ‘The Teenage Guide To Stress’, offers some pointers
Five factors that influence how easily your children make friends
What makes it easier or more difficult for you child to make friends?
Can you really do it all?
How do you keep all the plates spinning, asks Ilona Boniwell, mother of four teenagers and a baby, Psychologies’ parenting expert and one of most respected positive psychologists in the world? She tells us how she attempts it – for starters, get the kids to help
How to let go of parental guilt
Got toddlers in the house? Are you feeling a bit overwhlemed that you’re not on top of it all, all the time? Here are four tips to help you feel you’re doing the best you can
