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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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Health and wellbeing
Young people and suicide: if your child tries to take their life
Ged Flynn of Papyrus, the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide, outlines what parents need to know if their child tries to take their life
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Health and wellbeing
Getting young people involved in volunteering
The internet can help and encourage young people to help others. Here's how your child can get involved in voiunteering
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Health and wellbeing
Bullying outside the home
How bullying outside the home can lead to self-esteem issues for teens: a guide for parents from the Dove Self-Esteem Project
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Parenting
Helping your child celebrate their cultural background
Parent Info has partnered with the Dove Self-Esteem Project to offer parents advice and information to help children and young people build confidence and feel good about themselves.
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Games, apps and tech
Instagram FAQs for parents
Instagram is now bigger than Twitter. What's the big attraction? And is there anything parents and carers need to know?
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Games, apps and tech
Instagram: a parent’s guide
Tips to pass on to your children on the responsible – and safe – use of Instagram
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Health and wellbeing
Self-esteem: How listening to your child can be as important as talking to them
How parents can develop their listening skills to help their child open up about self-esteem issues
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Health and wellbeing
The Dove Self-Esteem Project: The miscommunication minefield
How learning to speak ‘teenage’ could help communication and build confidence in your child
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Health and wellbeing
The distortion of beauty
We look at how young people, particularly young women, are fed a narrow, manipulated view of what is beautiful by the media.
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Health and wellbeing
Bullying at home: when family banter goes too far
When does family banter about teenagers' bodies turn to bullying? Read our advice from the Dove Self-Esteem Project
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Health and wellbeing
How social media affects your teen’s self-esteem
Social media, body confidence and self-esteem: a parent's guide
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Health and wellbeing
Body image: how fathers can help their daughters
How the relationship between daughers and their fathers can affect their body image.