TWENTY YEARS of Blame My Brain!
This year in September, Blame My Brain – The amazing teenage brain revealed, will be TWENTY YEARS old! It’s not only still in print (very
New school year: supporting teenagers
This is a blogpost I wrote for Hodder Education back in 2018. It’s no longer searchable on their site so I’m reproducing it here. All
Exam season in your household – are you ready?
Are you a parent of a teenager coming up to exams? I’m here for you! I’m in the process of gathering together all my various
The Teenage Brain Woman on: Multi-tasking
I’ve done a lot of reading and thinking about this topic and have a load of resources. Because I’ve written such a lot about it, I
Questions from year 9 students
Recently – actually, not very recently but I somehow forgot to write this sooner – I did what has become an annual online Q&A with
The Teenage Brain Woman On: Sleep
Continuing my series in which I pull together the key resources I have created over the years on a particular topic. My website is so
The Teenage Brain Woman On: Empathy
My website and its store of advice on all aspects of wellbeing and health is so vast that I think it’s time to gather some
Questions about anxiety #13: Female anxieties about friendship groups and fitting in?
Apologies for the blog hole – life intervened. I acquired a fourth grandson and, as with all my grandchildren, it wasn’t plain sailing. But all
Questions about anxiety #12: Will older students talk about worries as openly as younger ones?
I’m gradually getting through the questions you asked before the publication of No Worries! You are welcome to ask more at any time. You can
Adults are the cabin crew for young people’s anxiety
I talk about this often in my talks for parents and teachers but I realised recently that I haven’t written about it. Time to put
Questions about anxiety #1: How is teenage anxiety different?
No Worries is a book for teenagers, though anyone might enjoy and learn from it as, really, there’s more that links us than separates us.
Helping young people through bereavement
Recently, a reader requested that I write something to support teenagers going through grief: “Having supported adolescents for many years in the educational environment when