teenagers Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/teenagers/ Cats, kids, coffee and chaos Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:44:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://catskidschaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-catskidschaos-blog-logo-32x32.png teenagers Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/teenagers/ 32 32 How to parent your teenager during a stressful period https://catskidschaos.com/2020/05/20/how-to-parent-your-teenager-during-a-stressful-period/ Wed, 20 May 2020 05:00:24 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=24513 *This post does contain an affiliate link. Marked with **AF. This may earn me income if you click and make a purchase* This post is titled how to parent your teenager during a stressful period, but I need to make clear that this is not me telling you what to do, it’s more a series […]

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]]> Helping teens take exams in their stride with Mindzest https://catskidschaos.com/2020/01/28/helping-teens-take-exams-in-their-stride-with-mindzest/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:00:07 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=23361 *This is a review post written by the teen with feedback from me at the end* Mindzest kindly sent me some of their downloadable resources to have a look and see if I found them helpful. I’m in year 8 and I’ve been doing tests/exams since I was 6 years old. Since year 7 the […]

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]]> 999 – we have a drama llama https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/09/999-we-have-a-drama-llama/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/09/999-we-have-a-drama-llama/#comments Tue, 08 May 2018 23:00:07 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16227 Ah, the tween years. Leading into the teenage years. When I had smaller children, who were toddlers who threw spectacular tantrums and were prone to dramatic fits over irrational things like not being allowed to wear their wellies to bed, and having their sandwiches cut up into the wrong shapes, and being made to sit […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/09/999-we-have-a-drama-llama/feed/ 9 Tweenagers are basically toddlers… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/03/13/tweenagers-are-basically-toddlers/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/03/13/tweenagers-are-basically-toddlers/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:01:48 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=15335  If you are reading this, and you are in the throws of the toddler years and are wondering when it will get easier and saner, this post is not meant to make you despair, but I can tell you, and I tell the parents and families that I work with that, toddler hood is NOT […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/03/13/tweenagers-are-basically-toddlers/feed/ 11 Mum standards… https://catskidschaos.com/2017/04/25/mum-standards/ https://catskidschaos.com/2017/04/25/mum-standards/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:05:00 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=12897 The alternative title of this post could be – When you and your tweenager disagree on what the word “tidy” means and what a tidy bedroom should look like…  The tweenager and I are having a difference of opinion, the first of many, I have no doubt, and it’s one that I don’t think we […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2017/04/25/mum-standards/feed/ 6 Sometimes a hug from mum is all you need… tweens, teens and beyond! https://catskidschaos.com/2017/03/21/sometimes-a-hug-from-mum-is-all-need-tweens-teens-and-beyond/ https://catskidschaos.com/2017/03/21/sometimes-a-hug-from-mum-is-all-need-tweens-teens-and-beyond/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:53:32 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=12640 Moving into the world of being a tweenager and teenager is fun but also can be challenging. Emotions, physical changes, changing relationships. They come with ups and downs. Sometimes the downs can feel a lot more than the ups. Sometimes you have a bad day at school and you just want to cry, but you […]

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