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Tag: adolescent parenting

  • How to Help a Young Person Understand Their Intelligence Type

    How to Help a Young Person Understand Their Intelligence Type

    For young people, exams are the primary measure of their ‘achievement’. Exams define how we categorise our children and what level of ‘intelligence’ society considers them to possess. Anyone who has struggled at school will understand the negative impact it can have and how unfair it is to be considered as lacking intelligence simply because…

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  • Adolescence: 4 Truths Adults Need to Know

    Adolescence: 4 Truths Adults Need to Know

    Adolescence can be one of the most emotionally turbulent times in a person’s life; hormones, changing responsibilities, the rewiring of the prefrontal cortex of the brain and difficult social and emotional situations can all take a toll on the emotional wellbeing of even the healthiest teen. In this article, Counsellor Joanna Herman-Waddell shares her experience of working…

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