Teens - Mamamia Parents

'My mum put me on a diet when I was 10. Here’s everything I wish she knew.'

'I was fine with my 13yo daughter having socials. Then she showed me the messages.'

'He gives me more confidence': 117 young Australian men's thoughts on Andrew Tate.

Amanda Keddie, Josh Roose, Michael Flood

'When my daughter was 13, my clothes started going missing. Then I bumped into a friend at the school.'

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: 'When your children are no longer children.'

Holly Wainwright

So your child just graduated high school. Here's 4 ways to help them navigate what's next.

Naomi Cotterill

Zoe Foster Blake on why she refuses to give her kids a mobile phone.

'I embarrassed my teen daughter in front of her boyfriend. She hasn't spoken to me since.'

This is actually what it's like to be a 14-year-old girl in 2024.

Tweens, Sephora, Mecca and the one thing we're all ignoring.

The town in crisis Australia ignored.

No one loves Australia more than Bethenny Frankel.

Shannen Findlay

‘My teenage son was very difficult. Then my closest friend told me what she really thought of him.’

'I was happy my daughter was close to her stepmum. But this weekend, I got jealous.'

Meet the 15-year-old Aussie making $40k a month selling her own tween skincare products.

The one thing that made me question using a tracking app on my kids.

ASK HOLLY: My son's girlfriend is super-controlling. How do I get him to break up with her?

Holly Wainwright

'I buy my daughters whatever they want for Christmas. I wish I didn't have to.'

'My daughter's bully was rewarded with a leadership role by her school.'

'It doesn’t mean what you think it means.' Decoding 14 Gen Z words that Millennials just don't... understand.

Shannen Findlay

'When my daughter was 13, my clothes started going missing. Then I bumped into a friend at the school.'

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: 'When your children are no longer children.'

Holly Wainwright

So your child just graduated high school. Here's 4 ways to help them navigate what's next.

Naomi Cotterill

Zoe Foster Blake on why she refuses to give her kids a mobile phone.

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PARENT OPINION: The emotional toll of my daughter's acne.

Denise Richards and her daughter are collabing on OnlyFans (again). Here's what you need to know.

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'I refuse to make sure things are equal between my daughter and stepdaughter.'

Linda Andersen 'drowned' in her bathtub. A year later, her teen daughters were arrested.

'My teenage son has acne. Here are 4 things that actually help.'

The days are long, the years are short. How kids leaving school has completely changed.

'The sicker I was, the better.' Social media fuelled Katya's eating disorder, now she's demanding action.

'Stephanie Aston died after doctors said she was faking her symptoms. I'm not even surprised.'

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Demi Lovato was 18 when she dated Wilmer Valderrama, 29. She says the age gap was 'toxic'.

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'Don't take it personally.' How to look after ourselves when teenagers are... a lot.

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‘I’m not choosing it, it’s choosing me.’ The viral friendship video that broke our hearts.

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How do you support your teens through Year 12 exams? 17 parents weigh in.

'We use the "X-plan" in our family. The lifeline that our kids are free to use at any time.'

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