S4 Ep 5 Best Friend Therapy: Teenagers - How can we help our teens? What kind of teen were you? Why is defiance essential to development?
Dial Emma
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The Importance of Communication in a Blended Family
Our society does run the risk of fetishising our children to the point that we're trying to protect them from any and all bad feelings. And actually what we don't do is help them become little sociable beings in a way that they can create meaningful, intimate relationships. I have three teenage stepchildren but was very clear with myself that I was never there as a parent. They've got two really amazing loving parents already so my role potentially was named,. My friend Fern Coughton and I spoke about this. She's also a step parent and she uses the word guide. We need to let you know that your behaviors are appalling because we love you. You definitely can't carry out
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