Were your teenage years happy?
Would you go back to that time in your life?
As we look to our own teenagers,
How is life for them?

When we peel away the surface, what is really happening in our teenagers world?

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Did you know that one in four children experience sexual abuse by eighteen years of age?
93% of these children are abused by people they know and trust.
Over 80% never tell.

Statistically this tells us,
that a significant number of parents,
who read Parents Space posts,
will have a child who has suffered some form of sexual abuse.
A child who is keeping a secret.

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I am about to graduate as a mother!
My eldest child is leaving home.
Next Sunday she will leave Ireland,
and head off with a few thousand other students,
to work for the Summer in the USA.

“Wow isn’t that great?”, I hear you say.
“Good for her”, you shout.
Well of course I agree, but what about me?

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At some stage all our children become ill.
But when should we take our kids to see the doctor?
How do we know if they have a virus or not?
Does my child need an antibiotic?

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Most children go through a phase in early childhood of shyness.
They are slow to answer a question directed at them,
and cling to a parents leg,
or try to hide.
This is quite normal behaviour.
Children usually learn to overcome it,
within a reasonable period of time.

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Before you answer this question,
look at the statistics for childhood obesity.

33% of parents who had obese teenagers,
believed their childs weight was not an issue.

75% of parents who had overweight teenagers,
Also believed their childrens weight was not an issue.

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Statistics tell us
One in four children will experience sexual abuse by the age of eighteen.
90% of abuse is by someone they know and trust.
82% do not tell anyone.

How do we talk with our children about sexual abuse?.

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We wait nine months to see our babies.
We dream about all they might be and the times we will share.

Life becomes a variety of firsts.

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 My youngest is eleven years old, but her body is developing faster than her years. It is time for us to have “the talk”. 

My two older girls, were skinny and underdeveloped, until the ripe old age of fifteen. I was able to wait to talk of puberty, periods and sex, until they were of an age to want this information. When they began to ask 

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Do we really know what our child is thinking?
Can we be sure they are happy?
Would we know if they were depressed?
Could they be self harming?

This morning in Ireland the results of a study were released which says,
children are more unhappy and stressed now,
than ever before.
Self harming and depression are on the increase.

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I wish someone could have advised me,
before I had teenagers,
some of what I have had to learn myself.
Maybe you are knew to parenting teens,
or are struggling with moods and attitude,
If so I hope this post will help.

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I am a mom to two

children with Dyslexia.

In this post I am attempting to help any parent wondering,
“Could my child have Dyslexia?”.

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We are all aware,

that our teenagers feel peer pressure.

It is normal for teenagers to gather in “packs”.

and hang out together.

In most packs there are unspoken guidelines and rules.

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Life with a teenager can be very difficult.

In what seems like the blink of an eye,
we go from parenting a child,
to living in a war zone.

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Before we even meet out child we feel protective towards it.

These feelings are magnified when we hold our tiny bundle.

We are sure in that moment,

That nothing or no one,

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