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Dec. 18, 2024

118: Suicide: How to talk about it with teens, and offer proper suppo…

Send us a text In a recent column in The Times, Caitlin Moran wrote about how five young men in her social circle have taken their lives in the past 18 months. She's not alone. My daughter has experienced this, …

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Nov. 20, 2024

114: Friendships, frenemies and banter. What to expect and why.

Send us a text Friendships, and fitting, in are everything to teenagers. You could argue that understanding the dynamics, and supporting our kids through the turmoil of the teen years, is one of the best things we parents can...

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Nov. 6, 2024

112: Masculinity and image: the Looksmaxxing hashtag that boys follow…

Send us a text What we see on TikTok often starts on message boards in fringe groups then spills over into the mainstream. This is true of the Looksmaxxing social media trend that's been gaining more and more currency among …

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Sept. 25, 2024

106: Therapy. Should all teens get it? Also, do boys actually need ma…

Send us a text When an anonymous listener posted this question we thought it would be a great topic to discuss; one that many of our listeners could be wondering about. The listener said, Hello, I absolutely love your podcast...

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Aug. 7, 2024

99: Exams: how to cope with boys who fail them and seem apathetic. Em…

Send us a text In the West, we tend to see success for late teens as passing exams, getting into further education or getting a job, and moving on with life. So when we received an email from a mother, …

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June 16, 2022

16: Boy friendships, and supporting our sons in forming positive frie…

Send us a text When we covered the issues of friendship groups, with girls in mind, we had a massive reaction from parents who have been struggling to understand what's going on. Now it's the turn of boys. When friendships …

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