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My son has dyslexia & I’m afraid he will give up on school if it’s too tough

My son has dyslexia & I’m afraid he will give up on school if it’s too tough

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Boys, Dyslexia, Emotional Wellbeing, School, Teenager

I have a 13-year-old boy who has always hated school. He’s dyslexic and I think he is self-conscious about this. He has just started in first year now. How do I train him or teach him not to see everything as a catastrophe, if something goes wrong or is not going the...
My son is hand-washing a lot. Do you think he has OCD?

My son is hand-washing a lot. Do you think he has OCD?

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Anxiety, Boys, OCD, Teenager

I’m getting worried about my 13 year old. He was always fussy enough, but now he’s washing his hands A LOT and he’s trying to avoid touching things, even in his own room. He has been very stressed about going back to school and I think it is because he is freaked out...
Our son is rude and dismissive. How do we bring him in line?

Our son is rude and dismissive. How do we bring him in line?

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Behaviour, Boys, Conflict, Teenager

Our son turned 13 at Christmas, but you’d swear he was 18 by the way he thinks he should be let do whatever he wants. He accepts none of our rules and can be so rude and dismissive to both of us. His mum tells me I am too hard on him, but she never challenges him at...
My son sees TY as a doss year – I’m worried he will lose focus

My son sees TY as a doss year – I’m worried he will lose focus

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Boys, Concentration, School, Teenager

My son is starting back into TY and his attitude seems to be that it doesn’t count as a school year. He has refused to get back into a routine and still stays up half the night on his x-box and phone. I’m now afraid that if he gets out of the habit of school, he might...
My son has a secret second phone that he uses at night

My son has a secret second phone that he uses at night

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Behaviour, Boys, Pornography, Technology, Teenager

I’ve discovered that my 13-year-old son has a second phone that he was using late into the night, watching YouTube and snap chatting his friends (we take his normal phone at 10pm each night). I can’t believe he was so deceitful. We’ve taken this other phone now, but...
Since lockdown, it feels like we are all living separate lives

Since lockdown, it feels like we are all living separate lives

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Boys, Communication, Girls

Have you any tips for getting our family life back to normal? All the way through the lockdown we seem to have slipped more and more into separate lives. Our children are in their teens and they are staying in bed late and then going to bed later, and seem only...
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