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Health and wellbeing
Mental health and young people: tackling stigma together
1 in 10 children will experience a mental health problem. Here's how to help them
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ParentingHealth and wellbeing
Addicted to social media – or just teens being teens?
People often talk about children being addicted to social media. But are they really? Parent Info offers advice on helping your child use social media safely
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Education and the future
Careers your child could enter if they study tech
Expert advice from Stemettes on the huge choice of jobs your child could go into if they study STEM subjects at school
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Health and wellbeing
Helping your child cope with panic attacks
Panic attacks in children: a parent’s guide from Dr Bijal Chheda-Varma, clinical psychologist at Nightingale Hospital
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ParentingHealth and wellbeing
When your child’s anger may be linked to low self-esteem
Sometimes having low self-esteem can make it difficult for your child to deal with their anger. Here are some instances when angry outbursts may be linked to low self-esteem.
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Relationships and sex
Teen sex and contraception: what’s legal?
Get clued up on what's legal when it comes to contraception and sex for your teen.
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Games, apps and techSafety and settings
Yubo (formerly Yellow): what parents need to know
A parent’s guide to Yubo, formerly called Yellow, from Thinkuknow - the education programme of The National Crime Agency’s child protection command NCA-CEOP
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Health and wellbeing
LGBTQ+: 5 things you can do if your child comes out
Concrete steps you can take to learn more about your LGBTQ+ child and their identity.
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Health and wellbeing
Gambling and young people: a parent’s guide
Is gambling an addiction like drugs? And is your child at risk of becoming a problem gambler? Read our tips for parents
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Health and wellbeing
Helping your child cope with media coverage of traumatic events
With graphic images being shown on the front pages of newspapers and on daily news bulletins, even very young children are exposed to upsetting information.
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Games, apps and tech
Viral internet trends: a parent's guide
The growth of social media has brought with it some strange modern phenomena. One of the more recent ones is the viral online challenge...
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Health and wellbeing
How to help your child if they are being bullied for being LGBTQ+
Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is sadly very common in schools. Read Stonewall’s advice on how to help your child if they're on the receiving end and what to do if your child is among the bullies
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Health and wellbeing
Tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying at school
Stonewall explains how language and other behaviours can cause distress and longterm harm for LGBTQ+ children at school – and what parents can do to stop it
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Games, apps and tech
When should technology be used during exam season?
Exam season can be a stressful time.