FRESH EPISODE: Growing Resilience In Teens, or GRIT. An interview with Dr Louise Randall

Education Episodes

Dec. 13, 2023

67: Parenting teenagers two years on: Online, education, anxiety, consequences, and the pressures of parenting. What we've gained from the podcast.

It's our two year anniversary, and what a ride it's been! Since we're taking a break to spend time with our families, we thought it would be the perfect time to reflect on what we think are the best things we've learned over ...

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Nov. 22, 2023

64: Supportive parenting styles that enable teens to grow into capable adults.

We all want the best for our kids, but there's a tricky balancing act between giving them the freedom to make the mistakes that build resiliency, and stepping in to protect and guide them. There's been a modern shift towards ...

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Sept. 27, 2023

56: Emotional intelligence: The missing link to success, and how we can help ourselves, and our teens to develop it.

Everybody knows intelligence is important, but until the 90's we relied on the testing of IQ to measure it. The problem was that IQ didn't really predict success. When the term emotional intelligence began being used it becam...

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June 1, 2023

41: Sleep; the free fix for our teens with no side effects.

Everything seems better when we've had enough sleep; our mood is more stable, our response times are faster, we can control our impulses more easily, and perform tasks more effectively. For teenagers, who are growing rapidly...

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April 28, 2023

39: Exam revision - Parenting through the pressure.

It's pre-exam time of year again, and oh boy it's tough for our teens. Does yours have a colour-coded revision schedule, carefully-timed breaks, and a confident spring in their step? Maybe they don't seem to be doing enough r...

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March 27, 2023

38: Teachers: how, and why, we should talk to our teenager's teachers.

We all want our kids to do well at school, but when they become teenagers there's a tendency for both schools and parents to ease back on communication. The schools tend to be much bigger and our teens are trying desperately ...

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Feb. 8, 2023

34: School: what to do if your teen is missing school.

The 'social contract' between families and schools has been broken during the pandemic, and ongoing absence of kids is a 'deep and concerning problem' according to Amanda Spielman, chief of the UK schools watchdog. Rates of s...

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Oct. 2, 2022

23: Empty nest? How to cope when your teen moves out. Also, manners; what are they and what should we telling our teens about them?

Just under half a million teenagers will start university this autumn in the UK alone. Whilst it might be an exciting time for the teenager, the family left behind can be left reeling with a sense of grief and loss. We talk ...

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May 9, 2022

13: Pornography: Why talking to your teen about it is more important now than it's ever been, and great ways to spend time with your teen.

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. Pornography is probably as old as art itself. Whether you indulge, or wouldn't go near it, there has never been a time when it is more graphic, or readily available to children and teens, with the ...

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Jan. 29, 2022

5: How to motivate your teenager when they’re not enjoying school, also what to do when your teenager wants to quit their instrument.

We'd all love our children to breeze through school, enjoying a satisfying academic life, having lots of friends, and coming out at the end feeling a success. But what if you have a child that doesn't thrive in an academic en...

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