Talking to teenagers

Is your child suffering with anxiety, read this… it’s important! I have received 47 emails from my daughters’ secondary school since September 22 nd nearly 5 a week. I have received at least 36 text messages from my son’s primary school since the end of October and he comes home with at least 6 pieces of paper in his school bag a week. This is some examples of the secondary school communication Drama rehearsals email, lunchtime revision email, National citizenship service email, Duke of Edinburgh , carol singers in the village square email, PTA quiz email, Revision resources, bus pass email, Food technology contribution email, six form open evening email, six form open evening feedback email, Sponsored walk email, New headmaster welcome letter email, Careers talks parent assembly email, parents evening email, parents evening feedback email, forthcoming fundraising events email, foodbank collection email, PTA annual Christmas bingo email, community nativity email, Pre ord...

Year 10 GCSE anxiety and pressure, it is becoming ridiculous and cruel…parents stop it before it starts! Here’s how. I have written before about GCSE anxiety and how to manage the expectations from school, within that blog I spoke of very practical things you can do as a parent to ease the worry on the run up to exam season. You can read that blog here https://helenharveycounselling.blogspot.com/2017/08/do-you-have-child-doing-their-gcses.html Yesterday I read a ridiculous article featuring a former head teacher from Harrow in which he stated that revising for 7 hours a day is the recommended thing to do during the Easter holidays. I read on further down the article in the hope there was an ‘ expert ’ psychologist or mental health expert telling Barnaby Lenon that he was totally out of touch and spouting dangerous s**t. Unfortunately, no, the experts were too polite about it and should be complaining that their bums are hurting from sitting too much on the fence. This...