Teenage girls are just a nightmare! I’ve been trying for a year now to ‘understand’ my daughter. She’s lippy and belligerent, thinking she’s grown up and knows everything and the next minute she’s crying in my arms like she did when she was 5 years old.
I’ve tried talking to her, picking the right moment like you do, explaining the hormone changes she’s going through and reassuring her she’ll get over it. All I get for this is a mouthful of abuse.
I’ve tried ignoring the tantrums and I’ve tried grounding her for bad behaviour which was certainly more trouble than it was worth! I’ve tried rewarding the good behaviour with shopping trips but they usually dissolve into stroppy show offs about her body phobias.
The only time I’ve seen my daughter relaxed and happy in the last year is on our visits to the beauty salon. It’s as though just the sight of a therapist’s beauty uniform is enough to calm the storm. We lay back and relax while they pamper us with massages, manicures and facials and I can understand why she likes it so much.
What I don’t understand is when I sit and listen to her talking to the beauty […]

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Imaginative play is an important part of childhood. Not only is it fun for children but it is also an essential part of learning and developing. Children learn about themselves, about their world, and lay the groundwork for their future through imaginative play. Yet too many children are not encouraged to use their imagination through play. There are three essential ways you can encourage imaginative play in your child — by providing the place, the time, and the supplies.
Does your child have a place for imaginative play? Is there somewhere, even the corner of a room, where they can build a block city or shape play dough monsters? Can they assemble all their stuffed animals into a school or all their cars into a parade? While children should be encouraged to pick up after themselves sometimes it takes a while to build the city of their dreams and they want time to play with it again. Try to strike a balance between your need for order and their need for imaginative play. Give them a day or so to create a complex setting for their imaginative play before forcing them to put away their toys.
Does your child have the time […]

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